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Hariri: Lebanon must form govt after months of deadlock
Lebanon’s prime minister-designate, Saad Hariri, warned Tuesday a government needs to be formed as the country faces a tough economic situation ... Middle East -
Lebanese finance minister warns of financial crisis as political deadlock continues
Lebanon’s finance minister has said the heavily indebted country is in a state of economic crisis and warned it faces becoming a financial ... Economy -
Lebanon’s Hariri hopes government will be finalized on Friday
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said he hoped a new national unity government would be finalized on Friday, after more than seven ... Middle East -
Lebanon finance, foreign ministers to stay as new cabinet edges closer
Lebanon’s finance and foreign ministers will keep their posts in the new national unity government, sources said on Wednesday, with the country ... Middle East -
Aoun: Lebanon can’t waste more time on government formation
Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday the country no longer had the luxury of wasting time as a six-month government formation crisis drags ... Middle East -
Lebanon reforms losing momentum, donor pledges at risk - World Bank
Lebanon is losing momentum in its push to form a government and clean up state finances, putting billions of dollars of donor investment pledges at ... Economy -
Aoun says Lebanon gov’t row ‘not easy’, signals differences with Hezbollah
Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday the differences blocking a deal over a new national unity government were “not easy” and ... Middle East -
Lebanon: Governance in difficult times
Few hours separated the optimism expressed by Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, and the frustrated reply that came from Foreign ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s Hariri says concessions made, hopes for govt formation soon
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said on Tuesday all political sides had made concessions and he hoped a new government would be ... 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 -
Between forming a cabinet and collapse in Lebanon
Simplifying things can help you understand – even if just a little – the Lebanese situation and its complications including the difficulty ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s finance minister warns over slow formation of government
Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil said on Tuesday that Lebanon was not forming a new government fast enough and he had not seen serious headway made ... Economy -
Lebanon’s Hariri snaps selfie with Saudi crown prince, Russia’s Putin
Never letting down a chance to take a selfie, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri snapped another viral photos with Saudi Arabia’s ... Variety -
Saudi Arabia responds to Macron: ‘Your remarks untrue, we did not detain Hariri’
The Saudi Foreign Minister on Tuesday responded to comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron regarding Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri. ... Gulf -
Can Lebanon’s next government rise to the economic challenge?
After Lebanon’s first parliamentary election in nine years, the dire economic situation and unsustainable public debt levels are top priorities ... Economy -
Hariri speaks at Saudi embassy iftar: ‘Lebanon’s Arabism is a red line’
The Saudi embassy in Lebanon on Saturday held an iftar (meal to break the Ramadan fast) banquet attended by Lebanon’s diplomats, representing a ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s elections and the threat of war
As Lebanon neared the end of its elections and the announcement of its results, it was hit with two storms. The first was the storm of armed Hezbollah ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s PM Hariri: New electoral law allowed parties to commit violations
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Monday that the new electoral law allowed parties to commit election violations. In a speech on ... Middle East -
Lebanon awaits results of first parliamentary elections in 9 years
The Iran-backed Shiite group Hezbollah and its political allies looked set to win more than half the seats in Lebanon's first parliamentary election ... Middle East -
Saad Hariri tweets picture with Saudi Crown Prince, King Mohammed of Morocco
Lebanese PM Saad Hariri on Monday evening tweeted a picture showing him with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The picture has ... Middle East -
The Cedar Conference and Macron’s trust in Lebanon
On Friday, the Cedar Conference will be held in Paris as part of French President Emmanuel Macron’s initiative to mobilize international support ... Middle East -
Lebanon approves 2018 budget ahead of support summit
Lebanon’s parliament has adopted a 2018 government budget projecting a slightly reduced deficit of $4.8 billion.The package, only ... Economy -
Selfie shows Saudi Crown Prince and Lebanese PM Hariri in Riyadh
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz received on Friday in Riyadh the Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri. According to the Saudi ... Gulf -
The Hariri drama and Saudi Arabia
Many were surprised when Saudi Arabia invited Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to visit the kingdom, and when he welcomed the invitation! We can at ... news -
Lebanon PM Hariri meets with Saudi King Salman
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday and met with King Salman for the first official visit to Saudi Arabia. According to ... Middle East -
Saad Hariri and ‘Sophie’s World’
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri participated in the first episode of a television show in which children ask whatever questions pop up in their ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s Hariri: I announced resignation from Saudi to ‘create positive shock’
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced on Monday that he chose Saudi Arabia to announce his resignation back in 2017 out of his intention to be ... Gulf -
Lebanon speaker: US proposal on Lebanon-Israel disputed waters ‘unacceptable’
Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri said on Friday that US proposals regarding the disputed Lebanon-Israel maritime border were ... Middle East -
Saudi Arabia denies reports of ‘discomfort’ over Hariri’s visit to Turkey
A source from Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has described several media reports that Riyadh was uncomfortable with Lebanon’s prime ... Gulf -
Beirut in the eye of the storm
The resignation of Saad Al-Hariri less than a year after being elected prime minister of Lebanon came as no surprise to many observers of the ... Middle East