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Asharq Al-awsat English
November 11, 2017
The crisis that Lebanon is witnessing today due to the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri is unlike any other the country has experienced in its history. Despite the analysis and debate over his motives, his resignation speech was clear in stipulating the reasons that prompted him to step down.
Naharnet
July 31, 2017
In addition to Saniora, the delegation comprised MPs Atef Majdalani, Amin Wehbe and Ahmed Fatfat. “We came here today to express, in the name of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc, our condemnation of the presence of a Hizbullah group in the so-called al-Abdali cell, which has been verified after aÃÂ ...
The Guardian (blog)
January 8, 2016
Another tidbit on Ahmed Fatfat from wikipedia: In 2006, "Fatfat caused large controversy over his approval of Hizb ut-Tahrir's right to operate openly in Lebanon and call for the re-establishment of the Islamic Caliphate in the Islamic world." What is next views from Caliph al-Baghdadi on Iran? Everyone of theÃÂ ...
Ya Libnan
August 17, 2015
LBCI reported that Judge Samir Hammoud said DNA samples taken from Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir match those of his parents. General Prosecutor Judge Samir Hammoud revealed on Sunday that Assir who was arrested Saturday at the airport will undergo a DNA test to confirm his identity afterÃÂ ...
Ya Libnan
January 22, 2015
The threats of retaliation did not sit well with Future Movement MP Ahmed Fatfat. “These comments threaten to drag Lebanon into a war with Israel ,” Fatfat said, lamenting that “both Lebanon and Syria are under Iranian tutelage.” Senior Iranian military officials on Thursday continued to threaten “crushingÃÂ ...
CNN
August 13, 2014
The violence between Israel and Hamas is just the latest flare-up in a region of enduring and deadly conflicts. Wars have erupted several times since the founding of the modern state of Israel in the late 1940s. Here's a look at some of the most serious conflicts involving Israel and its neighbors since thenÃÂ ...
Naharnet
February 2, 2013
Subcommittee circles said that Monday's talks will continue where they last stopped in tackling the hybrid law that combines the winner-takes-all and proportional representation systems. The Mustaqbal Movement's representative at the subcommittee MP Ahmed Fatfat told An Nahar that the bloc's proposalÃÂ ...
BBC News
September 7, 2006
"It is obvious from the decoy operation that saved him that that there were expectations (of an attack)," Ahmed Fatfat told Future TV. The bombing comes two weeks before the UN chief investigator is to submit a report on his latest findings in the Hariri investigation to the UN. The Lebanese government isÃÂ ...
New York Times
November 6, 2004
The crowd chased after Ahmed Fatfat, Lebanon's interior minister, after he inspected the damage done to the United Nations building and walked back toward the Saray. “You Zionist dog!” shouted one young man as a group rushed after Mr. Fatfat and his security detail. “He's the bigger devil.” HezbollahÃÂ ...
Naharnet
March 9, 2017
MTV meanwhile quoted MP Ahmed Fatfat as saying that the Joint Parliamentary Committees will not finish the new wage scale on Thursday evening and that another session will be held on Saturday.
Naharnet
October 24, 2016
Saniora, Mustaqbal MPs Ahmed Fatfat, Ammar Houri and Mohammed Qabbani announced Thursday that they would not vote for Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun in any presidential election session, shortly after Aoun was formally endorsedÃÂ ...
Naharnet
October 23, 2016
Saniora, Mustaqbal MPs Ahmed Fatfat, Ammar Houri and Mohammed Qabbani announced Thursday that they would not vote for Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun in any presidential election session, shortly after Aoun was formally endorsedÃÂ ...
Asharq Al-awsat English
October 20, 2016
After Hariri delivered his speech, a number of his political allies, mainly the head of his Future bloc MP Fouad Saniora and lawmakers Ahmed Fatfat and Ammar Houri, said they would not abide by the decision to support Aoun's candidacy. "With all dueÃÂ ...
Naharnet
October 13, 2016
Mustaqbal bloc MP Ahmed Fatfat visited Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji on Thursday to ask him to address the "recurrent security incidents" in the outskirts of the northern Dinniyeh region "near the outskirts of neighboring Hermel," the MP's officeÃÂ ...
Ya Libnan
September 27, 2016
Future Movement leader and former PM Saad Hariri told the members of his parliamentary bloc on Tuesday that he is under pressure to endorse Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun for the presidency as some Future Movement MPs describedÃÂ ...
Naharnet
September 27, 2016
Mustaqbal MP Ahmed Fatfat stressed that no promises were made to MP Michel Aoun to support him in the presidential race and that head of the Movement, ex-PM Saad Hariri did not ask his candidate Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh toÃÂ ...
Ya Libnan
August 22, 2016
fatfat Future Movement bloc MP Ahmed Fatfat said on Monday that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah's latest remarks about the return of former PM and Future Movement leader Saad Hariri to the premiership were only aimed at "misleading the Lebanese",ÃÂ ...
Naharnet
August 22, 2016
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's latest remarks about the return of Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri to the premiership were only aimed at "misleading the Lebanese," Mustaqbal bloc MP Ahmed Fatfat said on Monday. "SayyedÃÂ ...
Middle East Monitor
July 13, 2016
Meanwhile, MP Ahmed Fatfat of Al-Mustaqbal Movement in remarks to Quds Press said that Hezbollah's comments on Saudi Arabia are part of the group's attempts to evade responsibility for obstructing the presidential elections "to serve the Iranian agenda ...
Naharnet
July 9, 2016
"Aoun is still dreaming of becoming president," Mustaqbal bloc MP Ahmed Fatfat told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Saturday.
Naharnet
July 5, 2016
"I was asked to be cautious seeing as there is information that four individuals at a Palestinian camp in northern Lebanon have been tasked with assassinating either Ashraf Rifi or Ahmed Fatfat with a bomb-laden car or motorbike," said Rifi. "They ...
Naharnet
June 23, 2016
MP Ahmed Fatfat meanwhile categorically rejected calls for forging a so-called Doha Accord-like settlement, stressing that the solution lies in the parliament's election of a new president.
Ya Libnan
June 23, 2016
MP Ahmed Fatfat meanwhile categorically rejected calls for forging a so-called Doha Accord-like settlement, stressing that the solution lies in the parliament's election of a new president.
Asharq Al-awsat English
June 21, 2016
Future Movement MP Ahmed Fatfat said that his party is holding onto its stance regarding the hybrid electoral draft-law. Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement should make compromises rather than stressing on every occasion that they hold onto theÃÂ ...
Naharnet
June 10, 2016
Al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Ahmed Fatfat on Friday confirmed reports that al-Mustaqbal Movement led by ex-PM Saad Hariri intends to hold a general conference for internal reevaluation in the wake of the latest political and electoral setbacks.
Asharq Alawsat
June 7, 2016
Future MP Ahmed Fatfat also accused Jumblat of trying to intimidate so-called Hezbollah by claiming that he would back Aoun if it was in Lebanon's national interest.
Asharq Alawsat
May 27, 2016
Future Movement MP Ahmed Fatfat said that the elections should be held on time. But he refused to discuss the dispute among MPs during deliberations by the members of the joint parliamentary committees for the purpose of reaching consensus on what lawÃÂ ...
Ya Libnan
May 19, 2016
Mustaqbal MP Ahmed Fatfat expressed his bloc's rejection of the proportional representation draft-law, instead voicing support for the hybrid law.
Naharnet
December 8, 2015
The ten-man panel consists of MPs Michel Moussa, Ali Fayyad, Alain Aoun, Adwan, Serge Toursarkissian, Marwan Hamadeh, Robert Fadel, Ahmed Fatfat, a representative of the Kataeb Party and another representing Marada Movement chief MP SuleimanÃÂ ...
