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.
Hariri arrives at Baabda Palace
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Parliament Hikes VAT, Other Taxes as Debate of Wage Scale Adjourned to Thursday
The parliament on Wednesday approved hiking the value-added tax (VAT) and other taxes as part of measures aimed at funding the long-stalled new wage scale. The VAT was raised from 10 to 11% as other taxes on financial transactions were also hiked, state-run National News […]
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At the Front in a Scarred Falluja
I accompanied Iraq’s elite counterterrorism force and other units from the Iraqi military and the federal police into Falluja at the end of June, during the final days of their long battle to wrest back control of the city from the Islamic State. Falluja was […]
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Will the Lebanese Cabinet be formed this Weekend?
President Michel Aoun and PM designate Hariri intensified their contacts on Friday in order for a new Cabinet to see the light soon. Minister Gebran Bassil said that the government formation process was “on the right track,” after he made a surprise visit to Prime […]