CAIRO (Reuters) – Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun congratulated Joe Biden on Saturday for winning the U.S. presidency and voiced hope for a “return to balance in American-Lebanese relations” during …
US imposes sanctions on Lebanon’s former foreign minister
The Trump administration has imposed Treasury sanctions on one of Lebanon’s most influential politicians in an intensification of its attempts to defang the militia and political powerhouse Hezbollah.
Lebanon’s president seeks evidence behind U.S. sanctions on son-in-law
President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that Lebanon would seek evidence and documents from the United States that led Washington to impose sanctions on Gebran Bassil, a prominent Christian politician …
Lebanon’s Gebran Bassil downplays US sanctions
The leader of Lebanon’s largest Christian bloc, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, says he is not intimidated by the sanctions that the United States has imposed against him. “Sanctions …
Syria’s ruined economy is all Lebanon’s fault, says Assad
Syria’s economy has been battered by nearly a decade of civil war, international opprobrium and sanctions, and the aftershocks of this year’s global pandemic.But President Assad has attempted to …
Trump administration sanctions Christian leader in Lebanon
Iranian Hezbollah party, the Trump administration sanctions a top Christian leader accused of corruption in Lebanon.
US sanctions Lebanon leader’s son-in-law
The United States has imposed sanctions on Gebran Bassil, the leader of Lebanon’s biggest Christian political bloc and son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, …
US sanctions Lebanon’s Gebran Bassil for Hezbollah ties, corruption
The United States has sanctioned Lebanon’s Gebran Bassil for his role in endemic corruption as well as his support for Hezbollah, senior government officials announced Friday. “He represents …
Who is Lebanon’s Gebran Bassil?
The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on influential Lebanese Christian politician Gebran Bassil, the son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, over “systemic corruption”.
US sanctions Lebanon’s former foreign minister
The US on Friday imposed sanctions against Lebanese former Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil over his alleged role in corruption. “The systemic corruption in Lebanon’s political system exemplified by …