BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri reaffirmed his commitment to the Taif Accord, the CEDRE reforms and the dissociation policy, while rejecting attempts to...
BEIRUT: Citing an improvement in the country’s security situation, Saudi Arabia has lifted a 15-month-old warning that had advised its citizens against...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri Tuesday pledged to carry out bold reforms, fight corruption and halt the waste of public funds to avoid further...
BEIRUT: Amid an intensified flurry by Arab and foreign officials visiting Beirut after the formation of a new government, Prime Minister Saad Hariri said...
BEIRUT: All is set for the new government to get down to business after having ensured it will win a vote of confidence with a wide majority from Parliament...
BEIRUT: The new Cabinet is set to meet Thursday to endorse its policy statement that commits to CEDRE reforms, paving the way for a Parliament vote of...
BEIRUT: A ministerial committee tasked with drafting the government’s policy statement agreed Tuesday on a final version of the document after quickly...
BEIRUT: The new government got off to a troubling start Sunday when former MP Walid Joumblatt lambasted Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Foreign Minister Gebran...
BEIRUT: An understanding among the main parties on divisive issues, such as Hezbollah’s arms and ties with Syria in the policy statement, will pave the...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri Thursday formed a 30-member national unity government, ending an eight-month political deadlock that paralyzed state...
BEIRUT: Lebanon edged closer to forming a new government Wednesday after the elimination of a major hurdle involving the representation of six...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is making an eleventh-hour attempt to break the monthslong Cabinet gridlock before announcing his final decision...
BEIRUT: A breakthrough in the Cabinet formation crisis appears elusive despite extensive talks by Lebanese leaders in Paris, as Prime Minister-designate Saad...
BEIRUT: Armed with “positive” developments in the monthslong Cabinet formation process, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is determined to set...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said Wednesday he would make a final decision on the Cabinet formation process next week, while citing...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has stepped up his flurry of Cabinet consultations, hoping to form a new government “within a week or...
BEIRUT: Lebanese divisions over the 2019 Arab Economic and Social Development Summit that ended in Beirut Sunday are expected to burst out into the open this...
BEIRUT: Nearly three decades after the end of the 1975-90 Civil War, Lebanon does not appear to have recovered from the devastating effects of the strife that...
BEIRUT: The head of the influential Maronite Church warned Wednesday against attempts to change the country’s ruling system based on equal power-sharing...
BEIRUT: The Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc Tuesday praised the convening of the Arab economic summit as an act of renewed confidence in Lebanon,...
BEIRUT: Restructuring Lebanon’s public debt is “not on the table at all,” caretaker Finance Minister Ali Hasan Khalil said Sunday, adding...
BEIRUT: The Arab economic summit will be held on time and will not be affected by Lebanese political wrangling, a senior Arab League official said Friday, in...
BEIRUT: The fate of an Arab economic summit, set to be held in Beirut next week, hung in the balance Wednesday after Speaker Nabih Berri suggested the meeting...
BEIRUT: The Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc promised Tuesday to study a proposal to reactivate the caretaker government with a view to preparing...
BEIRUT: The 2019 Arab Economic and Social Development Summit will be held as scheduled later this month even if a new government is not formed by then,...