BEIRUT: Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed Shiite forces will join the battle if Iran were to be attacked by the U.S. or Israel over its nuclear program,...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet, facing mounting street pressure from state employees and military veterans over proposed cuts to their wages and retirement benefits in a...
BEIRUT: Meeting against the backdrop of renewed street protests by military veterans against proposed cuts to their wages and retirement benefits, to discuss...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet decided Thursday to cut all ministries’ budgets by 20 percent as part of austerity measures to reduce the deficit to 8 percent of...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet is making slow progress in discussing a draft austerity budget but remains split over controversial issues such as taxes on interest from...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet discussion of a draft austerity budget appears to have opened Pandora’s box, sparking a wave of labor strikes and threatening to...
BEIRUT: In its fourth round of talks on the 2019 draft state budget Friday, the Cabinet made “limited but not substantial” changes to some...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet Thursday resumed its discussions on an austerity draft budget, approving 25 articles of the 2019 fiscal plan in “a very quiet...
BEIRUT: Facing mounting pressure from labor unions and retired military personnel protesting proposed cuts to their retirement benefits, the Cabinet decided...
BEIRUT: More than a month after U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights,...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet is set to meet Tuesday to begin discussing a draft austerity budget against the backdrop of planned street protests by retired military...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet will meet in a special session next week to begin discussing an austerity draft budget, a key demand of international donors, to be...
BEIRUT: The 2019 draft state budget will not be discussed at Thursday’s Cabinet session because it has not been distributed to ministers, signaling that...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri sought Monday to defuse tensions with President Michel Aoun over the 2019 draft state budget, saying he cared only for the...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet might meet in a special session next week to begin discussing the 2019 draft state budget, which includes reductions in state spending,...
BEIRUT: Parliament is to set to ratify a new electricity plan with a big majority Wednesday, effectively clearing the way for the implementation of the...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri has stepped up his consultations with various blocs in a bid to secure political consensus over the “difficult...
TRIPOLI/BEIRUT: Just 12 percent of eligible voters appeared to have turned out in Tripoli’s by-election Sunday, but still handily returned Dima Jamali...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun Friday reiterated Lebanon’s rejection of the U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights...
BEIRUT: Lebanon is taking preemptive measures to deal with the chronic budget deficit to avert a much-feared collapse of its economy, Prime Minister Saad...
BEIRUT: A flurry of foreign visitors to Lebanon has led to the postponement of this week’s regular Cabinet session until next week, while Parliament is...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet Monday sent a strong signal to the international community about its resolve to enact reforms by unanimously endorsing a new electricity...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet is set to meet in a special session Monday to discuss and endorse a new electricity plan aiming to overhaul the dilapidating sector, boost...
BEIRUT: The state Treasury has incurred over $40 billion in losses in the electricity sector as a result of political bickering among rival factions,...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri called Wednesday for “concerted efforts” by the government to implement a string of key economic and financial...