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Naharnet
January 19, 2018
Free Patriotic Movement Minister of Justice Salim Jreissati replied to Suleiman Franjieh's remarks likening FPM chief Jebran Bassil to long-time head of Syria's security apparatus in Lebanon Ghazi Kanaan saying “we don't master Franjieh's rhetoric.” “We do not master Franjieh's language ofÃâà...
The Daily Star
October 25, 2017
MP Sleiman Frangieh said he would meet with longtime foe Samir Geagea before President Michel Aoun because of Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil's actions. you've reached a subscriber-only article. Sign up now and access the full breadth of The Daily Star content in minutes. subscribe now unrestrictedÃâà...
The National
May 29, 2017
The rules of the game, as outlined by Brigadier General Ghazi Kanaan, head of Syrian intelligence in Lebanon at the time, were clear. “You Lebanese, you are shrewd, creative and successful merchants ... Create light industries. Engage in trade and commerce. Indulge in light media, which does not affectÃâà...
Open Democracy
April 24, 2017
As a result, the head of the Syrian military intelligence in Lebanon Ghazi Kanaan designed the infamous 2000 electoral law to contain the growing opposition. Lebanon was divided into 14 electoral districts that were gerrymandered to predetermine the results. Beirut, for example, was divided into threeÃâà...
The Daily Star
September 18, 2016
A grandson of a late Syrian Intelligence official was arrested Sunday upon his arrival at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport, a source told The Daily Star, adding that he was wanted by the Lebanese Army. you've reached a subscriber-only article. Sign up now and access the full breadth of The DailyÃâà...
CNNMoney.com
October 14, 2005
Ghazi Kanaan's death was reported Wednesday, days before the expected release of a United Nations report into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a prominent opponent of Syria's presence in Lebanon. The 63-year-old Baathist major general died in a Damascus hospital ofÃâà...
BBC News
October 14, 2005
Syria's Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan has committed suicide, the official news agency in Damascus says. He was reportedly questioned by a UN investigator last month over the murder of ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. For many years Kanaan was Syria's powerful intelligence chief in Lebanon, which wasÃâà...
