BEIRUT: Saudi Arabia Friday threw its weight behind inter-Lebanese National Dialogue, hoping it would lead to ending the 15-month presidential vacuum and...
BEIRUT: Rival politicians engaged in quarrels over Parliament’s legitimacy and a strong Christian president Wednesday during the first round of National...
Logistical preparations were underway Tuesday to arrange the conference hall that is to host the much anticipated dialogue session called for by Parliament...
The first round of national dialogue called for by Speaker Nabih Berri begins Wednesday against the backdrop of calls by civil society groups for a mass...
European diplomatic sources have described ongoing street protests in Lebanon as being instigated by Lebanese who want to see reform in the county, adding...
Prime Minister Tammam Salam does not have magical solutions to the crises that have engulfed the country, he told his visitors at his Beirut residence in...
BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri is planning to host talks involving rival Lebanese leaders in a bid to end the presidential deadlock, a source close to the head...
It is unlikelythat Prime Minister Tammam Salam will call for new Cabinet sessions before disputes with ministers from the Free Patriotic Movement and their...
BEIRUT: A compromise to break the Cabinet deadlock appeared likely ahead of a government meeting Thursday that will look into securing salaries for public...
Despite the withdrawal of the ministers of the Free Patriotic Movement and their allies from Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Tammam Salam is...
Prime Minister Tammam Salam has called for an extraordinary Cabinet session at 10 a.m. Tuesday to look into at the “disastrous waste situation” as stated in...
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale is scheduled to leave Beirut next month and no new ambassador has been appointed to replace him, leaving the U.S....
No Cabinet session has been scheduled for this week, and there is no indication that one will be held next week either. This state of affairs is likely to...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam appeared Sunday to be undecided on whether to call a Cabinet session this week after the executive body repeatedly failed...
BEIRUT: Ministers traded barbs Thursday during a Cabinet session that failed to address any of the country’s pressing issues, as Defense Minister Samir...
BEIRUT: MP Michel Aoun mobilized his supporters in Beirut’s streets Wednesday in the first move of stepped-up pressure on the government to protest the...
BEIRUT: MP Michel Aoun called Tuesday on his Free Patriotic Movement supporters to take to the streets Wednesday to protest the extension of the top military...
BEIRUT: MP Michel Aoun is poised to unleash a major political escalation against the government Saturday as his supporters met Friday in preparations for...
BEIRUT: The Free Patriotic Movement, apparently stunned by the extension of the terms of the Army’s top brass, scrambled Thursday to come up with a...
BEIRUT: The defense minister Wednesday night extended the terms of the Army commander, chief of staff and head of the Higher Defence Council for more than one...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet meets Wednesday with no signs of any breakthrough in the contentious issues of the decision-making system and security and military...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet is expected this week to fail to appoint a new Army chief of staff due to a lack of consensus among ministers, prompting Defense Minister...
BEIRUT: The toppling of the government would cross a red line for both the Amal Movement and Hezbollah, Speaker Nabih Berri said Thursday, as the Cabinet...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet meets Thursday in the absence of any consensus over the thorny issues of the decision-making system and the appointment of military and...
BEIRUT: Lingering differences over the decision-making system appear to be pushing Prime Minister Tammam Salam to suspend Cabinet sessions as a means of...