BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri Wednesday sent a strong message to Parliament on the need to maintain a budget deficit agreed upon by the Cabinet last...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil agreed at a marathon ice-breaking meeting Monday that the 2016 political settlement that...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri is expected during this week’s Cabinet session to stress the need for solidarity among ministers and compliance with...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet is set to meet next week to address over 100 items on the agenda, excluding key administrative appointments. It will be the first session...
BEIRUT: De-escalation attempts picked up momentum Thursday as Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil sought to defuse tensions with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, saying...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri Tuesday staunchly defended the 2016 political settlement that led to the election of Michel Aoun as president and brought...
BEIRUT: The Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc Monday threw its weight fully behind Prime Minister Saad Hariri, denouncing campaigns seeking to...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s return to Beirut is expected to revive contacts to defuse escalating tensions among rival factions that threatened...
BEIRUT: Political rivals Friday appeared to be unperturbed by the terrorist attack that struck the northern city of Tripoli early this week, killing four...
BEIRUT: In a show of solidarity with Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s constitutional powers, three former premiers called Monday on President Michel Aoun to...
BEIRUT: Army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun warned over the weekend that austerity measures in the draft 2019 state budget, including a recruitment freeze, would...
BEIRUT: Senior Future Movement officials and Future TV Sunday slammed Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, accusing him of putting in peril the 2016 political...
BEIRUT: A renewed war of words erupted between the Free Patriotic Movement and the Future Movement Friday, rekindling an off-and-on row over the...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun said Wednesday a drive to revitalize the country’s ailing economy had been launched, as Parliament geared up to begin...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet Monday sent a strong message to the international community about its determination to forge ahead with essential economic reforms by...
BEIRUT: Not with standing reservations voiced by Lebanese Forces ministers, the Cabinet is set to meet Monday to endorse a draft austerity budget that cuts...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet Friday wrapped up marathon discussions on a draft austerity budget by approving all articles and figures in the 2019 fiscal plan that...
BEIRUT: On the eve of a crucial Cabinet session designed to wrap up the draft 2019 state budget, the document came under fire Thursday by the country’s...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet will meet again Wednesday for a final reading of a draft austerity budget, two ministers said following Tuesday’s marathon session,...
BEIRUT: Declaring that a draft austerity budget needed a decision by the Cabinet, Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Sunday he hoped the 2019 fiscal plan would...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri Friday sounded the alarm about “political practices” that are blocking government work, delaying the...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri warned Thursday that without serious reforms, the economic situation in Lebanon would not improve and there would be no...
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...