BEIRUT: The majority of ministers have expressed to Prime Minister Tammam Salam their support for changing the controversial decision-making mechanism adopted...
The situation in the outskirts of Arsal is very dangerous, a senior Army source told The Daily Star, while remaining confident that security measures in place...
BEIRUT: A Cabinet session concluded Wednesday without delving into divisive issues such as the legality of civil marriages or the controversy surrounding...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet is expected to examine a host of divisive topics outside its agenda, including the legality of civil marriages, during its weekly session...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet’ survival will not be affected by recent security developments in the country, ministerial sources from various political factions...
BEIRIUT: The latest wave of violence along the Lebanon-Israel border was Cabinet's main topic of discussion Thursday, as it called on parties to prevent any...
BEIRUT: Parliament is scheduled to meet Wednesday to elect a new president amid signs that the session is destined to fail like previous ones over a lack of...
BEIRUT: A Cabinet draft law to raise the retirement age of senior officers in the Army and the Internal Security Forces is being held up due to political...
BEIRUT: Saudi Arabia’s policy toward Lebanon will not change under King Salman, both Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s government condemned Thursday the Israeli strike on Syria’s Golan Heights which left six Hezbollah fighters dead, overcoming a divisive...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s government condemned Thursday the Israeli strike on Syria’s Golan Heights which left six Hezbollah fighters dead, with ministers describing...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet is seeking to avert any negative repercussions from a possible retaliation by Hezbollah for last week’s Israeli airstrike that...
As Hezbollah seems to keep Israel guessing on how and when it would respond to an Israeli raid that killed six of its fighters in Syria’s Golan Heights, a...
BEIRUT: Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah’s criticism of the Bahraini government should not negatively affect Lebanese that are working there or in other Gulf...
BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea is said to have set conditions to accept Free Patriotic Movement head MP Michel Aoun as a candidate for the...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet finally approved Monday a controversial plan to manage the country’s solid waste after the strategy sparked sharp divisions among...
BEIRUT: The Parliament was busy Monday as Lebanese leaders swung into full action after the holiday break, with lawmakers and ministers meeting to continue...
BEIRUT: A preliminary agreement has been reached regarding the waste treatment file, a source close to Prime Minister Tammam Salam told The Daily Star Sunday....
BEIRUT: Discord over a controversial proposal to treat solid waste paralyzed Cabinet Thursday, with Prime Minister Tammam Salam vowing to hold no more...
BEIRUT: Cabinet concluded Thursday’s session without reaching any agreement on the controversial waste-management file, with some politicians claiming that...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet is scheduled to meet Thursday amid a split among ministers over a widening food safety campaign and waste treatment, a long-simmering key...
BEIRUT: Ministers failed to come to an agreement on waste treatment – the key issue hanging over the government for months – at the final Cabinet session of...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam convened his final cabinet session of the year Tuesday, but ministers failed to agree on the key issue hanging over the...
BEIRUT: Lebanon is waiting on Turkey to decide whether it will join efforts to secure the release of 25 Lebanese servicemen held hostage by Islamist militants...
BEIRUT: Dozens of General Security personnel stationed at the official border crossing with Syria have been tried for accepting bribes from incoming Syrians,...