BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is putting along with President Michel Aoun the final touches to a draft Cabinet lineup in hopes of announcing...
BEIRUT: Barring last-minute snags, a new Cabinet of specialists could be formed later this week as major progress has been made in overcoming hurdles...
BEIRUT: Rival factions Tuesday engaged in horse-trading and jockeying for key ministerial portfolios as Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri stepped up his...
BEIRUT: The process of forming a Cabinet of specialists to deliver reforms has taken off to a positive start, raising hopes for the birth of the new...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri faces an uphill struggle to quickly form a new government of nonpartisan specialists to enact urgent reforms due...
BEIRUT: 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...
BEIRUT: 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...
BEIRUT: French President Emmanuel Macron is outraged by Lebanese political leaders’ failure to act quickly to form a new government to deliver reforms...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun, acting at MP Gebran Bassil’s request, has postponed binding parliamentary consultations to pick a new prime minister in a bid...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun Wednesday postponed binding parliamentary consultations to designate a new prime minister, apparently due to a lack of strong...
BEIRUT: Barring last-minute hitches, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri is set to be designated to form a new government this week following President Michel...
BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri is set to meet with top leaders Monday at the start of consultations with various political parties before deciding...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s indirect US-mediated talks with Israel are confined to land and maritime border demarcation and will not lead to peace negotiations...
BEIRUT: Now that President Michel Aoun has set Oct. 15 as the date for binding consultations with parliamentary blocs to designate a new prime minister,...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun is set to hold binding consultations with parliamentary blocs next week to designate a new premier, the first major step toward...
BEIRUT: Talks will be held between top leaders next week aimed at reactivating the stalled Cabinet formation process, more than a week after Prime...
BEIRUT: With Cabinet formation efforts at a standstill, stalled by sharp differences among rival factions over the shape and size of the next government,...
BEIRUT: Four former premiers Wednesday struck back at Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, rejecting his accusation that they were forming a small Cabinet...
BEIRUT: With no breakthrough imminent in the weekslong Cabinet stalemate, there are fears that attempts to form a new government could drag on until after the...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib’s decision to step down from forming a new government threatens to plunge Lebanon into an open-ended...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designated Mustapha Adib Thursday resumed consultations with the two main Shiite groups, the Amal Movement and Hezbollah, in a bid to...
BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s initiative has made a major breakthrough in the Cabinet deadlock, clearing the way for the possible formation of a...
BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Tuesday he agreed to an independent Shiite candidate to be named finance minister, eliminating a major obstacle...
BEIRUT: Sectarian tensions rose over the weekend as Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib’s attempts to form a new government hit a deadlock over who...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib said Thursday he had delayed a decision to step down from forming a new government after his efforts were...