President postpones talks which were expected to result in Saad Hariri being named as next prime minister. Beirut, Lebanon – The nomination of Lebanon’s next prime minister has been postponed after major Christian parties said they [ More … ]
Businessman Samir Khatib says country’s senior Sunni cleric told him during meeting on Sunday that he backed Hariri Lebanon’s leading Sunni Muslim politician, Saad al-Hariri, re-emerged as a candidate for prime minister on Sunday when [ More … ]
Lebanese President Michel Aoun is expected to hold binding consultations with members of parliament over next premier next Thursday Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri said on Tuesday that he did not want to be prime minister of [ More … ]
Lebanon has faced five weeks of anti-government protests, driven by widespread anger at corruption among the sectarian politicians who have governed the country for decades. The protesters are now demanding that they go. By Ivana [ More … ]
Several major Lebanese parties have agreed on nominating Mohammad Safadi, a former finance minister, as the prime minister of a new government. The major political parties in Lebanon have agreed on naming former finance minister [ More … ]
Demonstrators in Lebanon blocked key roads on Monday after a weekend of mass rallies confirmed that political promises had failed to extinguish the unprecedented protest movement. Protests regain momentum after period of relative calm as [ More … ]
Anti-government protesters take to the streets across Lebanon for the third day in a row as well as pro-government crowds rallying in favour of the embattled president. Thousands descended on Lebanon’s streets across the country [ More … ]
Demonstrators hail prime minister’s departure but promise to stay in the streets until all their demands are met. Beirut, Lebanon – Cries of celebration went up across Lebanon on Tuesday as protesters demanding the fall of [ More … ]
Sunday saw street rallies swell again, with thousands streaming into central Beirut and other locations across the country. Tens of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets for a fourth day on Sunday to protest [ More … ]
No fighting overnight as Lebanon’s prime minister calls on US and France to ‘intervene’ to prevent escalation. A cautious calm has returned to the southern Lebanese border amid international calls for restraint after Hezbollah and [ More … ]
Raid latest in series of cross-border Israeli attacks in Syrian and Lebanese territory Israeli air strikes targeted a Palestinian faction in eastern Lebanon before dawn on Monday, Lebanese state media and the group said. “Three [ More … ]
Sanctions target two Lebanese lawmakers and a top aide to Hassan Nasrallah The United States has imposed sanctions on Hezbollah political officials, including members of the Lebanese parliament, accusing the group of threatening the “economic [ More … ]
Lebanon’s new government will start preparing its policy statement on Monday, it said on Saturday, as investors monitor commitment to reforms aimed at boosting the economy. Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri told reporters he expected the [ More … ]
Playing host to an Arab economic summit, Lebanon also proposed creating an Arab bank to finance reconstruction in war-torn nations Lebanon urged world powers to step up efforts for Syrian refugees to return home regardless [ More … ]
Lebanon was plunged into crisis in November when Hariri resigned as prime minister while in Saudi Arabia, saying he feared assassination and criticizing the Saudis’ regional rival Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. Lebanese officials [ More … ]
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