BEIRUT: Hezbollah Sunday stood firm on its support for MP Michel Aoun for the presidency, defying local and foreign calls for the election of a consensus...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet session was marred Thursday by a clash between ministers from the Future Movement and Hezbollah who engaged in a heated exchange over...
BEIRUT: Talks over the long-awaited salary scale for the public sector came to impasse again Tuesday, with rival March 8 and March 14 coalitions disagreeing...
BEIRUT: MP Michel Aoun’s rejection of plans to extend the terms of Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi and Internal Security Forces chief Maj. Gen. Ibrahim...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet approved Thursday the appointment of a new five-member Banking Control Commission despite objections from some ministers, Information...
BEIRUT: Cabinet faces a new test of unity Thursday over the appointment of new members of the Banking Control Commission as a number of ministers have voiced...
BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri will soon call for a Parliament session to discuss urgent draft laws, his visitors said Tuesday, despite opposition expressed by...
BEIRUT: MP Michel Aoun said after talks with Speaker Nabih Berri Monday that minor progress had been made in the presidential crisis, despite the generally...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam called Sunday for national unity to ward off security threats arising from the war in Syria and ruled out coordination...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam was firm Thursday, telling ministers that he would no longer allow them to obstruct the Cabinet’s work, as the body...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet will hold a session Thursday designed to clear the air, following tension among ministers over the government’s decision-making...
BEIRUT: Future bloc MP Serge Torsarkissian submitted a civil marriage draft law to Parliament Tuesday, saying he hopes it will bring an end to ongoing debate...
BEIRUT: The Future Movement and Hezbollah Monday made “serious progress” in their latest round of talks on key political and security issues as...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet will meet this week under the current decision-making system, Speaker Nabih Berri said Sunday, as Prime Minister Tammam Salam scrambled to...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam will call for a Cabinet session next week despite the lingering dispute among ministers over the government’s...
No solution to the Cabinet crisis or the vacant presidency is expected to emerge soon, according to sources from the Free Patriotic Movement, who also said...
BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Monday implicitly backed premier Tammam Salam’s bid to change the government’s decision-making...
BEIRUT: A rift among ministers over the government’s decision-making mechanism during the 9-month-old presidential vacuum widened over the weekend,...
BEIRUT: The government will soon resume its sessions, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Thursday, adding that the swift election of a new Lebanese...
BEIRUT: The parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee formed Tuesday a small panel charged with resolving a long-standing row over the distribution of...
Although MP Michel Aoun will celebrate his 80th birthday Tuesday, the Free Patriotic Movement leader is as determined as ever to stay in the presidential race...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam said Sunday he would not call for a Cabinet session Thursday until an agreement is reached among the political parties...
BEIRUT: MP Walid Jumblatt supports the ongoing dialogue between the Lebanese Forces and their political rivals the Free Patriotic Movement, Health Minister...
BEIRUT: Disagreement over a controversial decision-making mechanism threw Prime Minister Tammam Salam’s government into turmoil Thursday, with the...
BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri was reported Wednesday to have voiced support for Prime Minister Tammam Salam’s push to change the Cabinet’s...