BEIRUT: Parliament failed to convene Tuesday for the second time in two weeks due to the lack of a quorum, prompting Speaker Nabih Berri to postpone the...
BEIRUT: An attempt to sack Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani over alleged financial and other violations is illegal and related to his dispute with...
BEIRUT: Syrian rebels holding nine Lebanese hostage said Hezbollah was delaying the negotiations for their release, urging the captives’ families to...
BEIRUT: A recent decision to recognize palliative care as a medical specialization in Lebanon is expected to help encourage students interested in the field...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam Thursday began a new round of talks with representatives of parliamentary blocs in a bid to achieve a...
BEIRUT: Fundamentalist cells have been sent to Lebanon to carry out attacks against Hezbollah and other targets, political sources said, meaning the security...
BEIRUT: For Muslim lawmakers observing Ramadan, the holy month is an occasion to strengthen family ties, but most yearn for the past, when simplicity typified...
HARET HREIK, Lebanon: The residents of Bir al-Abed accused Syrian rebels of orchestrating a car bomb which rocked Beirut’s southern suburbs Tuesday,...
BEIRUT: It is within the remit of a caretaker Cabinet to approve the building of refugee camps for Syrians, but divisions within the government means a...
BEIRUT: Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun met President Michel Sleiman Wednesday in what is seen as evidence of warming relations between various...
BEIRUT: Rival MPs traded barbs in Parliament Monday after the legislature failed to convene its first session of its extended term due to lack of quorum. For...
BEIRUT: Hezbollah is likely to expand its military operations in Syria by continuing to fight rebels in select key cities, alongside the Syrian army, after...
BEIRUT: Syrian rebels holding nine Lebanese pilgrims since last year have received a list of 81 female detainees whom Damascus voiced readiness to swap for...
BEIRUT: Parliament Friday put off holding general elections until November 2014, disappointing the international community as the country struggles to grapple...
BEIRUT: Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun’s opposition to extending Parliament’s mandate, set to be agreed Friday, is unlikely to affect...
BEIRUT: Tammam Salam will relaunch talks on the Cabinet formation with various political parties once Parliament’s term is extended, a source close to...
BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman vowed Wednesday to challenge the extension of Parliament’s term before the Constitutional Council if it exceeded a few...
BEIRUT: Lebanese voters are indifferent about whether the elections take place on time or the Parliament’s term is extended, saying neither option would...
BEIRUT: Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said Monday that authorities have some leads for the investigation of the rocket attack in the Beirut...
BEIRUT: Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah announced Saturday the large-scale involvement of his party in the war in neighboring Syria, saying...
BEIRUT: As Hezbollah and its supporters prepared to celebrate the May 25, 2000, withdrawal of Israeli troops from south Lebanon, the atmposphere was glum at...
BEIRUT: Caretaker Minister of State Nicolas Fattoush presented Parliament with a draft law Wednesday to extend the legislature’s term, as rival parties...
LABWEH/SHAATH, Lebanon: Mustafa Shreif, a teacher from the Baalbek village of Labweh, heads to the city of Hermel every day to teach mathematics, braving the...
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...