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Walid Jumblatt, a Druze leader in Lebanon who has been a key political player in the country for forty years, has called on ...
Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, right, walks with his eldest son Taymour at their ancestral home in Mukhtara in Lebanon's Shouf mountains, southeast of Beirut, in 2010 (AFP/file photo) ...
Sole contender Taymour Jumblatt, 41, to succeed father Walid Jumblatt, who headed Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) party for 45 years ...
Jumblatt edged cautiously towards Hezbollah during the May 2009 elections, but even after “publicly repenting” for his pro-Western stand, ... Taymour, to visit Hassan Nasrallah, ...
Few people have had more influence on modern Lebanon or are as knowledgeable of Middle East politics than Walid Jumblatt, the veteran politician and figurehead of the Druze community. Although he ...
Since 2017, Jumblatt's son Taymour has been taking a more prominent role in PSP and Druze affairs. As a leading figure of Lebanon's sectarian oligarchy, ...
Jumblatt began realigning himself after the events of May 7, 2008, when Hezbollah fighters took over most of Beirut and the Druze stronghold of Aley. Soon after, he effectively withdrew from the ...
Jumblatt was a longtime critic of Syria’s involvement in Lebanon and blamed Assad’s father, former leader Hafez Assad, for the assassination of his own father.
Walid Jumblatt. On the C-SPAN Networks: Walid Jumblatt is a Leader for the Progressive Socialist Party in Lebanon with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2006 ...
Lebanon’s main Druze leader, Walid Jumblatt, on Sunday publicly confirmed his son Taymour as his political heir, extending the tradition of dynastic politics that plays a big part in the country ...
Lebanon's main Druze leader, Walid Jumblatt, on Sunday publicly confirmed his son Taymour as his political heir, extending the tradition of dynastic politics that plays a big part in the country's ...