Though Lebanon’s presidency is mostly symbolic, it has a few important powers, like approving prime ministers and cabinets. In a country still haunted by the memory of civil war, symbolism is ...
Lebanese lawmakers are due to meet on Thursday to elect a president, but analysts say that even with key political player Hezbollah weakened by war, white smoke is not guaranteed.The tiny ...
Lebanon risks losing vital reconstruction aid if parliament fails to elect a president during its session on Thursday. The high-stakes, long-awaited exercise comes about two weeks before the expiry of ...
The good news from Lebanon is that Hezbollah's incumbent prime minister, Najib Mikati, has lost the race for another term, ...
But the most important meeting was on Monday night with the leader of the Christian party the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea, one U.S. official said. The U.S. official said Hochstein met with Geagea at ...
Sources say backroom deal involving Saudis will see terror group Hezbollah and its allied parliament speaker back current ...
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has responded to the remarks that MP Mohammad Raad voiced Monday at the Baabda Palace, saying there was no “exclusion” in the designation of Nawaf Salam as premier.
Israel ceasefire agreement, and a week after Judge Nawaf Salam was assigned to form a new cabinet, meetings with ...
Lebanese political heavyweights held talks Wednesday as parliament prepares to elect a president, with foreign powers pressuring for consensus a day ahead of the vote. Lebanon's powerful parliament ...
Three Palestinians were killed, including two children, in an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian officials said, as arrests, raids and strikes continued across the occupied ...
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has said that the ruling "establishment" in Lebanon is still entrenched and coherent. Geagea explained that the "establishment" consists of Hezbollah and its allies ...