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With usual pomp and circumstance, November 22  featured parades, parties, and grandiose rhetoric to mark Lebanon’s Independence Day. Against this backdrop, and just in time for the winter holiday season, Lebanese leaders - at each other’s throats merely six months ago – have discovered dialogue. What gives? In short, Lebanese politicians continue to adjust to Syria’s return from the wilderness. While Syria was [...]

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All is not sweet in the land of milk and honey… Having dithered on government formation for five months, thereby squandering a chance to garner international support in the wake of successful democratic elections, Lebanese politicians continue to bicker over the wording of the cabinet’s “Ministerial Statement.” In Lebanon’s eclectic system, ministerial statements amount to [...]

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MARCH 14 COALITION Future Movement                         Saadedine Hariri: Prime Minister                          Rayya al-Haffar: Finance                         Hassan Mneimneh: Education                         Mohammed Rahhal: Environment                         Jean Ogassapian: Of State Progressive Socialist Party                          Ghazi al-Aridi: Public Works                         Akram Chouhayib: Displaced                         Wael Abou Faour: Of State Lebanese Forces                         Ibrahim Najjar: Justice                         Salim Wardeh: Culture Phalange                         [...]

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