BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s final nomination of businessman Samir Khatib for prime minister depends largely on the distribution of...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s rival political leaders appeared Tuesday to have neared a consensus on supporting Samir Khatib for prime minister, raising hopes for...
BEIRUT: Amid an escalation of the popular uprising against the ruling political elite and a deterioration of Lebanon’s economic and financial situation,...
BEIRUT: Officials scrambled Friday to halt the economic and financial deterioration in the protest-hit country as attempts to break the month-old Cabinet...
BEIRUT: Parliamentary consultations to designate a new prime minister, originally planned for this week, have been put off until next week as political rivals...
BEIRUT: Prominent contractor Samir Khatib has emerged as the favorite candidate to be named prime minister this week, hours after caretaker Prime Minister...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun is set to hold binding parliamentary consultations with MPs this week to designate a new prime minister, official sources said...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun Thursday promised the formation of an “efficient” and “productive” government that would fulfill the...
BEIRUT: Lebanon is drifting toward a prolonged political crisis that could lead to a much-feared economic collapse, political analysts said Tuesday. Despite...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s political crisis deepened Sunday after attempts to agree on a new prime minister foundered on the rock of conflicting positions as...
BEIRUT: Angry protesters blocked roads across Lebanon Tuesday night after President Michel Aoun urged them to end four weeks of demonstrations and go home....
BEIRUT: Apprehensive of an alleged U.S. plan to isolate it from the next government after Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned last month under pressure of...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun is seeking to reach consensus with various parties on the shape of the next government before he moves on to designate a new...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun is set to hold binding consultations with MPs to appoint a new premier early next week, amid mounting calls for the quick...
BEIRUT: Declaring that Lebanon stood at a “dangerous crossroads,” President Michel Aoun Thursday called for the formation of a...
BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri has emerged as the favorite candidate to form the next Cabinet, parliamentary sources said Wednesday, a day after...
BEIRUT: Bowing to pressure from two weeks of mass anti-government protests, Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned Tuesday, hoping the dramatic move would...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s attempts to make a change in the government, a key demand of the protesters, have hit snags over President Michel...
BEIRUT: Security concerns arising from the 11-day popular uprising against the ruling political elite have overshadowed the drive for a Cabinet reshuffle...
BEIRUT: With a possible change in the government being put on the back burner for now, attention has shifted to protecting demonstrators and reopening blocked...
BEIRUT: A change in the government, a key demand of protesters, appeared closer Thursday after President Michel Aoun’s offer to consider a Cabinet...
BEIRUT: As anti-government street demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of Lebanese entered their second week Thursday with no letup, the government was...
BEIRUT: Popular pressure is piling up on the country’s top leaders to reshuffle Cabinet or form a new one - a key demand of the protesters - in an...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet Monday approved a raft of unprecedented radical economic reforms, and passed the draft 2020 state budget with a projected deficit of 0.6...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri will seek Cabinet approval Monday of an economic blueprint that contains radical reforms without new taxes for the draft...