Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri faces an uphill struggle to quickly form a new government of nonpartisan specialists to enact urgent reforms due to the sway of the entrenched political parties, analysts said Thursday.
Israeli warplanes were seen and heard flying over Beirut and other areas of Lebanon Thursday, the state-run National News Agency reported.
When 30-year-old Aline Keshishian left Lebanon in search of safety and peace after the horrific Aug. 4 Beirut Port blast, she did not expect to find her ancestral homeland, Armenia, to be engaged in a war with Azerbaijan over Armenian-controlled Nagorno-Karabakh.
A leading international human rights group Thursday said a Lebanon-led probe into the devastating port explosion in Beirut this summer has been marred by political meddling and lack of judicial independence, resulting in failure to yield credible results two months later.
Lebanon confirms 1,450 new coronavirus cases, 16 deaths
A top US diplomat said that Lebanon's new government must implement reforms in order to receive international aid Thursday, after Future Movement head Saad...
Two new “Revolution Fist” were installed in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square Thursday, after Future Movement supporters had set fire to the symbolic Oct. 17 uprising...
Government will be formed ‘quickly,’ Hariri says
US officials have accused Iran of being behind a flurry of emails sent to Democratic voters in multiple battleground states that appeared to be aimed at...
Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail Wednesday with a blistering attack on Donald Trump with less than two weeks to go before the...
The US Army said Thursday it carried out a drone strike against Al-Qaeda leaders in northwest Syria near the border, killing 14 jihadists, according to a war...
Saudi Arabia's crown prince enjoyed a near free pass under his personal relationship with US President Donald Trump, but the kingdom's brazen young leader...
Hariri vows to form a govt of specialists with no party partisans
President Michel Aoun appoints Hariri as Prime Minister-designate
Hariri endorsed by final total of 64 lawmakers in consultations to become PM
Hariri secures enough votes from lawmakers to be designated PM
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri vowed Thursday to quickly form a new Cabinet of nonpartisan specialists, having secured enough votes from lawmakers to...
President Michel Aoun begins parliamentary consultations to designate a new PM
Lebanon registered 1,241 new coronavirus cases Wednesday and five more deaths, the Health Ministry said.
Lebanon records 1241 new coronavirus cases, five more deaths
Protesters blocked the “Ring Bridge” in central Beirut Wednesday night, to voice their opposition to the expected designation of former premier Saad Hariri as...
President Michel Aoun Wednesday sent a clear message to Lebanon’s next prime minister that he wanted to have a major role in the formation of a new...
President Michel Aoun Wednesday affirmed that he would stay committed to his responsibility and the Cabinet formation process once a Prime Minister has been...
Ibrahim in a call with President Michel Aoun Tuesday night said that he could return home within two days if he is cleared of coronavirus.
Diab Tuesday evening said that Lebanon was still waiting for France and Italy to provide requested satellite images of the devastating Aug. 4 Beirut Port...
Lebanon’s Health Ministry Tuesday confirmed 1,392 new coronavirus cases - of which 80 were imported - and five deaths as adherence to containment measures...
Lebanon confirms 1392 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths
Barring last-minute snags, and despite opposition by the two main Christian blocs, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri is set to be designated to form a new...
France’s Ambassador to Lebanon Anne Grillo tested positive for COVID-19 along with “several” other embassy staff, the French Embassy said Tuesday.
Around 40 women marched Tuesday from Verdun to Ain Al-Tineh demanding the resignation of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and all lawmakers, as well as the...
French Ambassador to Lebanon tests positive for COVID-19
Lebanon has stockpiles of medicine that will last “from two to three months,” Health Minister Hamad Hasan said Tuesday, adding that he was working with the...
When a huge blast tore through Beirut on Aug. 4, Rawda Mazloum decided to move the giant oven she was using to cook for refugees in the Bekaa Valley to assist...