Concerning Mr. Samir Geagea.

Geagea was smiling beside him.

Samir Geagea (left) and Michel Aoun (right) cutting a cake to celebrate the former's endorsement of the latter (screenshot of television appearance on LBC Lebanon)

Geagea (with mustache) and Aoun (in uniform) appear in the photo at the upper right.

This move came as a surprise to most observers for two reasons Samir Geagea was a candidate for the presidency himself Samir Geagea and Michel Aoun were on opposing sides during the Lebanese Civil War (1975 1990)

Geagea is quoted as saying I'm broke. I'm ready to do what the kingdom demands.

Geagea's nomination of Aoun would only be genuine and a chance to turn a new page if only they would apologise for their barbarian wars.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea endorsed the candidacy of Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun for the presidency of Lebanon.

Money can be used as a way to finance supporters, like in the case of the Lebanese politician Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), a Christian political party and part of the March 14 Alliance. In the cable below, Geagea calls for financial help from Saudi Arabia to pay for his personal protection

Michel Aoun and Samir Geagea, two of the most notorious warlords during the 1975 1990 civil war, are still in power, or at least significantly influential, today.

On January 18th, 2016, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geageapublicly endorsed his wartime rival Michel Aoun s candidacy for president.

No matter what anyone says, Lebanon s regions, cities and neighborhoods, already riven by sectarian divisions, are still divided between the Aoun and Geagea camps.

Reading and watching Geagea give press statements on his candidacy, I remember the space of terror he used to occupy for myself and my friends in Tariq al Jadidah.

The fifth story is by Rouwa Saba, who writes of how her family was stuck between the forces of Michel Aoun and the forces of Samir Geagea, quite literally

Since Samir Geagea and Michel Aoun are currently making the news in Lebanon, we have focused our efforts on the Lebanese who talked about these two men s actions during the war.

In the Middle of the East writes about the visit of Samir Geagea, the president of the Lebanese Forces Party, to the United States and sees that he may be the White House s new choice for a Lebanese president

Today, I try to imagine what a Palestinian in Lebanon thinks when she sees Geagea on TV confidently lay out why he should be president.

The Working Group has received reliable information stating that Mr. Samir Geagea was released on 26 July 2005 after 11 years in jail.

According to cable 'doc36598', Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), a Christian political party and part of the March 14 Alliance, sent a representative to request financial assistance from the Saudi government.

Geagea is the executive chairman of the Lebanese Forces, the second largest Christian political party in Lebanon, while Aoun is the founder of the Free Patriotic Movement, the country s largest Christian political party.

One man s terrorist seems to be another man s freedom fighter indeed. Franklin Lamb makes a lot of this visit (here on Counterpunch), and implies that Geagea might be the White House s new favorite for the presidential post.

Geagea, the executive chairman of the Lebanese Forces, the second largest Christian political party in Lebanon, and Aoun, a former Lebanese Army Commander and founder of the Free Patriotic Movement, are former enemies who fought against each other during the Lebanese Civil War (1975 1990).

News website Now Lebanon described the endorsement as a political bombshell , but not everyone was surprised by Geagea's decision.

The fourth story is by Joelle Boutros, a researcher at the Legal Agenda and blogger at joojle31, who remembers the suffering caused by Michel Aoun and Samir Geagea and asks that they both set the ground for a 'real reconciliation between the people, and not just a reconciliation between the leaders and sectarian officials to fulfill their political goals'

Yesterday Aoun said, what happened, happened and we should put it behind us, and maybe remember it so that we don't repeat it, and Geagea was smiling besides him Well, even though it is our fault, I don't want to stop believing that we deserve better.

The first story is by Jadaliyya co editor Maya Mikdashi, who wrote in an article entitled Let us now praise murderous men about the trauma caused not only by Geagea and Aoun, but by other leading politicians currently in the Lebanese government.

Despite an anonymous minister claiming in an interview with Al Monitor that more than 85 of the Christian public opinion is now with Michel Aoun , the news of Geagea s endorsement of Aoun proved to be controversial to say the least.