BEIRUT: Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi’s mandate will be extended for a period of two years after overcoming obstacles on the divisive matter,...
BEIRUT: United States President Barack Obama said Monday weapons transfers to Hezbollah constituted an “unusual and extraordinary” threat to his...
BEIRUT: Future MP Bahia Hariri is holding extensive contacts to follow-up on reconciliation and reconstruction efforts in the city of Sidon as well as...
BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman will likely meet French President Francois Hollande in Paris Sunday on the way back to Lebanon from the United States,...
It appears a crisis of leadership at the top levels of the military may be avoided, with sources telling The Daily Star that the mandates of the head of the...
BEIRUT: Focus shifted Wednesday to finding new ways of avoiding vacuum in top Army posts after Parliament’s impasse over increasing the retirement age...
When Tammam Salam was first selected as prime minister-designate with the confidence of 124 MPs, he started talks with President Michel Sleiman that went...
BEIRUT: Advertising and media executive Talal Makdessi vowed to revive the ailing Tele Liban Friday, just hours after news broke of his court-backed...
RABIEH, Lebanon: Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Lebanon paid a rare visit Tuesday to Hezbollah’s main Christian ally Free Patriotic Movement leader...
BEIRUT: A row that deepened Monday over the constitutionality of Parliament sessions is threatening to throw the state’s security and legislative...
BEIRUT: Rival factions may be prompted to make concessions that will accelerate the formation of a new Cabinet following the bloody clashes in Sidon,...
BEIRUT: Lebanon faces the threat of sliding into further chaos and instability if a Cabinet is not formed quickly, a government source warned Monday....
BEIRUT: Parliament’s extended mandate went into effect Friday after the Constitutional Council failed to secure the quorum to act on petitions challenging the...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam is still waiting for the outcome of recent challenges to the extension of Parliament’s mandate, which will...
BEIRUT: A boycott by three of its members will deprive the Constitutional Council of the quorum needed to decide on petitions challenging the lengthening of...
BEIRUT: The Constitutional Council will issue a final decision Wednesday on petitions contesting the extension of Parliament’s term amid contradictory...
BEIRUT: Caretaker Minister of State Nicolas Fattoush presented Parliament with a draft law Wednesday to extend the legislature’s term, as rival parties...
BEIRUT: General Security slammed Monday a local newspaper for publishing secret government documents on the security institution’s request for access to...
BEIRUT: March 8 and March 14 lawmakers will hold yet another session Saturday after Friday’s talks reflected “a state of loss and disarray”...
BEIRUT: Chances for MPs to agree on an electoral law are growing slimmer as the parliamentary subcommittee tasked with studying law proposals braces for...
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Forces and the Future Movement agreed on a hybrid electoral law Tuesday, in a bid to avert a split within the March 14 camp over the...
BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri decided Monday to put the Orthodox Gathering’s proposal as the sole item on the agenda of Wednesday’s Parliament...
Life returned to the Grand Serail Wednesday with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati holding a series of meetings there, in a development signaling his...
The Cabinet formation will remain stalled if Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam does not take the demands of March 8 seriously, sources from the coalition...
BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri urged rival political factions Tuesday to reverse a decision suspending meetings of a parliamentary subcommittee tasked with...