Gebran Bassil

Analysis — Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil is in Moscow where he has spoken of elements within Lebanon attempting to sabotage joint initiatives and cooperative agreements with Russia.
Bassil who is a member of President Michel Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement has stated the following to Russian journalists,

Why are Palestinians blamed for violence in Lebanon?
A slashed poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Burj al-Barajne refugee camp, Beirut, June 2013. (Liam Maloney / Polaris)
by Moe Ali Nayel

Al-Manar | May 10, 2013

Preliminary surveys of Lebanese offshore fields show reserves of 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 660 million barrels of oil, Lebanon’s energy minister said on Thursday, adding that production could begin within four years.