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AL-DIMANE, Lebanon — Syriac Maronite Patriarch Béchara Boutros al-Raï continued his campaign to push for increased government coordination and cooperation on Thursday, meeting with MP Sami Fatfat (Future Bloc) and MPs from Strong Lebanon Bloc. Patriarch al-Raï received MP Fatfat at the Patriarchate headquarters in Al-Dimane, Lebanon. They discussed the…

BEIRUT – President of the Universal Syriac Union Party (USUP) in Lebanon Ibrahim Mrad argued that Iran had succeeded in making Lebanon a failed state and has pushed the Arab Gulf states closer to Israel through its policies of aggression. “Iran has greatly succeeded in making the Arab Gulf states…

BEIRUT — Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received the representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Lebanon, Pastor Timon al-Syriani, at the Patriarchate in Al-Atshana, Lebanon on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by Father Cyrlos Papi, Director of the Legal Department, and Father Joseph Bali, Director of the…

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syriac Maronite Patriarch Béchara Boutros al-Raï met with MP Joseph Isaac (Lebanese Forces) to discuss the developmental affairs in the Al-Jubbah region, in addition to the general conditions in the country and the harsh economic and living conditions that the Lebanese people suffer from. The Patriarch also…

The views expressed in this op-ed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. By @HorLevnon “What now?” This has been the question facing Lebanon since its October Revolution. This is partly because the revolution’s vision was not realized, but is on the other…

BADAWI, Lebanon — In a statement on Monday, The Lebanese army announced that its units were able to kill Khaled al-Talawi, a former leader of the Islamic State and current leader of a terrorist cell in the Badawi region in the north of the country responsible for three recent killings…

HARISSA, Lebanon — On the eve of Holy Cross Day, Syriac Maronite Patriarch Béchara Boutros al-Raï commemorated the forty-day anniversary of Beirut port explosion during a Divine Liturgy that he held in the Basilica of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa in the presence of the Papal Ambassador in Lebanon,…

By Dr. Amine Jules Iskandar President of the Syriac Maronite Union – Tur Levnon To show the importance of Syriac in the Lebanese tongue, and to proof it is a dialect of Syriac, we will go through 6 typical phrases and 5 proverbs, and analyze them word by word to…

This article was originally published on 3 December 2008 by The Gatestone Institute. The original can be found Here. By  Jean-Pierre Katrib On May 21 2008, an agreement brokered between Lebanon’s feuding factions at Doha, Qatar ended days of armed unrest and 18 months of political stalemate.  For many, this…