Articles by Jeryes S. Khalil

President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri have formed a new government of 30 ministers. Among the cabinet posts, only one ministry was allocated to a female, Inayat Ezzdin who was named as Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs.

NINEVEH PROVINCE, IRAQ — “When Iraqi forces closed in, IS (Islamic State) militants told us Shia soldiers would murder us and rape our women,” said Fatehi Mohammad, a 64-year-old farmer in a remote desert village in Iraq’s northwestern Nineveh province. Before IS took over his village […]

BEIRUT –  A new 30-member national unity Cabinet headed by Prime minister Saad Hariri has been announced in Lebanon nearly two months after electing a new president. The government was announced by the Cabinet’s secretary-general, Fouad Fleifel, who said its first meeting will be held […]

After more than one month and a half of consultations, the cabinet’s Secretary General Fouad Fleilfel announced Sunday the cabinet formation decrees from the Baabda presidential palace, listing the new ministers as follows:   – Saad Hariri Prime Minister – Ghassan Hasbany named deputy PM […]

Lebanon’s President, Michel Aoun, and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri have formed a new government of 30 ministers drawn from most sides of the country’s political spectrum and from all of its religious sects, the cabinet office said on Sunday. “Today a new government was formed,” […]

Council of Ministers Secretary General Fouad Fleifel has arrived at Baabda Presidential Palace in preparation for announcing the government resignation and new cabinet formation decrees, NNA correspondent reported on Sunday. It is to note that once the final touches are added to the new government […]

House Speaker Nabih Berri arrived shortly at Baabda Presidential Palace, joining President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri in their meeting. “The government will be announced tonight, God willing,” said Berri, immediately upon his arrival.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri arrived a while ago at Baabda Presidential Palace. According to the National News Agency correspondent, the new cabinet may be announced this evening.

US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Anne Patterson, left Beirut on Friday afternoon heading to Riyadh, winding up a few-day visit to Lebanon where she held talks with senior Lebanese officials. During her visit, Patterson underlined the US continual support to Lebanon, […]