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2025-11-22 21:10
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon’s independence discourse: Between symbolism and strategic realities
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s 82nd Independence Day speech was made amid a national climate marked by uncertainty, sacrifice, and a persistent longing for a tangible, “third” independence, one defined by security, territorial integrity, and genuine sovereignty.
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2025-11-04 20:36
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Washington’s pressure and Lebanon’s slide toward forced normalization
BEIRUT — The recent talk of a “negotiation option” announced by President Joseph Aoun has reignited one of Lebanon’s most dangerous debates, that of normalization disguised as pragmatism.
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2025-10-30 14:24
Lebanese president orders army to confront Israeli incursions
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has instructed the commander of the army to confront any Israeli incursion into southern Lebanon, after Israeli forces crossed the border overnight and killed one person in Blida, Al Jazeera reported.
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2025-05-03 22:07
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon’s Aoun hints he seeks to annul the 1969 Cairo Agreement
BEIRUT – The Lebanese Supreme Defense Council, headed by President Joseph Aoun, issued a shocking warning to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) “against using Lebanon as an arena to violate Lebanese sovereignty and endanger Lebanon.”
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2025-04-01 15:08
Israeli targets residential building in Beirut suburb, 4 killed
President Aoun denounces the air raid as 'a serious warning of hostile intentions'
An Israeli airstrike targeted a multistory building in the southern suburb of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, early on Tuesday, Al Mayadeen reported.
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2025-01-13 22:31
ICJ chief Nawaf Salam named Lebanon’s new PM
Nawaf Salam was named as Lebanon’s next Prime Minister after receiving the support of 84 MPs when they held binding consultations with newly elected President Joseph Aoun on Monday.