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Who’s who in Lebanon’s new government
Lebanon’s new government was formed after a month delay on Wednesday under new Prime Minister Hassan Diab, who set to work forming a cabinet ... Features -
Lebanon will slide into violence unless the elite chooses political reform
Lebanon risks sliding into prolonged chaos and violent conflict unless the political elite manages to update the post-civil war political system based ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s protests turn into riots during weekend of violence
Riots in Lebanon broke out on Sunday, as riot police deployed water cannons and fired tear gas, rubber bullets, and allegedly real bullets at ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s prime minister announces the closure of Future TV
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced on Wednesday the suspension of Future TV, his ailing mouthpiece whose employees had recently been on ... Middle East -
Lebanon tribunal charges Hariri suspect for three more attacks
A UN-backed court on Monday indicted a Hezbollah suspect accused of murdering ex-Lebanon premier Rafiq Hariri over three other attacks, in the first ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s Hariri postpones cabinet meeting after shootout
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri will delay Monday’s cabinet meeting for 48 hours to allow tensions to calm down after a shootout ... Middle East -
The Lebanese government’s proposed budget exposes its corruption
The cabinet of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has to date met 19 times, working late into the night to try to hammer out the country’s ... Middle East -
Lebanon budget stabilizes finances, falls short on reform
The draft budget being finalized by Lebanon’s government stabilizes the financial situation in the heavily indebted state but falls short of the ... Economy -
Hariri says Lebanon far from bankruptcy, cites risks of no reform
Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Monday Lebanon was far from bankruptcy but failure to pass a “realistic” budget that brings down the ... Economy -
Lebanese PM Hariri undergoes heart procedure in France
Lebanon’s prime minister has had a heart procedure in a Paris hospital and is expected to be discharged the same day. Saad Hariri’s office ... Middle East -
Hezbollah’s control of Lebanon’s health ministry poses a grave danger
After nine months of a serious deadlock, Lebanon’s political elite finally ironed out a new Faustian deal, one that gave Hezbollah and its ally ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s daily Al-Mustaqbal closes its print edition
Lebanon’s daily Al-Mustaqbal, which is owned by Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's family, says it is ceasing its print edition and turning ... Print -
Lebanon’s Berri says some parties don’t want government formed
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said there are parties in Lebanon that do not want a new government to be formed, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on ... Middle East -
Ignorance, the enemy of Lebanon
Hussam Saad Hariri has made his grandfather proud. Nothing lasts like investment in education and enrichment of one’s knowledge. This is what ... Middle East -
New snags hold up formation of Lebanon unity government
Efforts to finalize a deal on a Lebanese national unity government hit new snags on Saturday, postponing its formation, a senior official closely ... Middle East -
Lebanon seen closer to new government, minister says could be within days
Lebanon appeared to be edging towards clinching a deal to form a new national unity government after more than seven months of wrangling over cabinet ... Middle East -
On not losing the compass in Lebanon
Amid the deep crisis that Lebanon is suffering from on all levels, some events that are characterized with humor more than anything else happen every ... Middle East -
Hariri office denies Lebanon turned down Russian aid
Lebanon has accepted a Russian aid offer comprising millions of bullets that will be given to its police force, the office of the caretaker prime ... Middle East -
Lebanon can wait too
It’s no secret that Lebanon is currently passing through a deep crisis as expressed by the inability to form a cabinet that can resolve the ... Middle East -
Lebanese Forces party says to join government despite unfair share
The Lebanese Forces party will join a new national unity government despite an unfair offer of cabinet posts, its leader Samir Geagea said on Monday, ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s Hariri after meeting Berri: Cabinet will be formed in coming days
In the latest attempt to reach a breakthrough in the Cabinet formation process that has now extended to five months, Prime minister-designate Saad ... Middle East -
Lebanon PM backs Saudi Arabia in Khashoggi case
Lebanon’s premier-designate Saad Hariri threw his support behind Saudi Arabia Tuesday following the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi ... Middle East -
How the Rafic Hariri International Airport describes Lebanon
In September, an international scandal related the Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut broke out and another one followed later. At the ... Middle East -
Report: Lebanon’s Hariri expects new cabinet in 7-10 days
Lebanon will have a new government within seven-ten days and the economy cannot withstand any more delay, Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s weapons of mass deception
A founding pillar of Lebanon, or at least the Lebanese like to promote, is its people’s ability to act as a bridge between East and West and to ... Middle East -
Rafiq Hariri is everywhere and everyone’s concern
Few people, other than historians, remember Churchill, Stalin or Mao Zedong, in spite of the significance of these leaders’ achievements. This ... Middle East -
The Rafiq Hariri trial and the future of Lebanon and Syria
Listening to the results of the prosecution of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon that’s investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime ... Middle East -
Saudi ambassador to US: Those who committed crime against Lebanon must be punished
The international community must come together and hold those who committed this crime against Lebanon’s sovereignty accountable by identifying ... Middle East -
Hariri trial: Hezbollah cell ‘criminally responsible for 2005 terror attack’
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said justice will prevail on Tuesday ahead of an emotional appearance at the international Special ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s Hariri signals new government near
Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said on Friday he was very close to forming a new government and would hold more talks with ... Middle East