BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun Thursday called for a greater role for the caretaker Cabinet in dealing with the country’s worsening economic conditions,...
BEIRUT: With Lebanese attention focused on a new conference held in Paris Wednesday to drum up humanitarian aid to Lebanon following the Aug. 4 deadly...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is set to meet President Michel Aoun soon to present him with a draft Cabinet lineup amid enduring differences...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun’s approval of a draft Cabinet lineup to be presented by Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would help put the...
BEIRUT: After a two-week hiatus, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is expected to meet with President Michel Aoun soon to present him with a draft Cabinet...
BEIRUT: Implementation of the French road map is essential to attracting international aid and averting Lebanon’s economic collapse, French President...
BEIRUT: Divisions among parliamentary blocs over a forensic audit of the Central Bank’s accounts and proposals for a new electoral law appear to have inflamed...
BEIRUT: Contacts between internal players and foreign powers will be stepped up in an attempt to break the weekslong Cabinet deadlock and avert the...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun has implicitly accused Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri of deviating from unified criteria in the formation of a new...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri will not allow the weekslong Cabinet deadlock to drag on indefinitely and he plans to name those obstructing his...
BEIRUT: The U.N. Security Council has issued a new appeal to Lebanon’s political leaders to form without further delay a new competent government...
BEIRUT: With no imminent breakthrough in the weekslong Cabinet formation impasse, Lebanon, wrestling with its worst financial crisis in decades, is inching...
BEIRUT: The flagging Cabinet formation process came to a standstill Monday in the absence of contacts to overcome obstacles facing Prime Minister-designate...
BEIRUT: A special envoy of French President Emmanuel Macron has apparently failed to make an imminent breakthrough in his talks with Lebanon’s political...
BEIRUT: A special envoy of French President Emmanuel Macron Thursday prodded Lebanon’s political leaders to speed up the formation of a Cabinet of...
BEIRUT: Lebanon faces the risk of a prolonged Cabinet standoff, with all the grave consequences this entails for the country’s struggling economy, if a...
BEIRUT: A special envoy of French President Emmanuel Macron is set to hold talks with Lebanon’s political leaders this week aimed at reviving the French...
BEIRUT: The US sanctions on Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Gebran Bassil are bound to further complicate the formation of a new government, already stalled...
BEIRUT: The absence of contacts between senior officials on the Cabinet formation process has dashed hopes for the formation of a new government soon, raising...
BEIRUT: Attempts to form a new government in Lebanon took a back seat Wednesday as Lebanese leaders’ attention shifted to the outcome of the hotly...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri have agreed on an 18-member Cabinet of specialists and are currently working to...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri’s attempts to form a new government have hit snags over new demands by rival factions, including those by...
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...