Lebanon News

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.

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 and […]

The Free Patriotic Movement announced Friday that it will continue its electoral law talks with the political parties away from the media spotlight, after an FPM delegation met with the country’s main political parties this week to push for the adoption of a new electoral […]

Lining up a new cabinet could be delayed until next week because President Michel Aoun suggested to grant specific titles to the ministers who will be given a state portfolio, which Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said presses the need for reconsidering the distribution of ministerial […]

9:00 Delivery ceremony of Cessna 403 jets, granted by the U.S. authorities for the Lebanese army, at Beirut airbase, Rafic Hariri International Airport.

Christmas festivities and celebrations are still ongoing in Lebanon, where some regions celebrated both Christmas and the Prophet’s Birthday.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri held talks Wednesday with President Michel Aoun at the Baabda Palace, amid reports that the cabinet line-up will be announced in the coming hours after the main obstacles were resolved. “The cabinet line-up needs further consultations,” Hariri told reporters after the […]

Prime Minister-designate, Saad Hariri, met on Tuesday noon at the “Center House” with US Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs, Anne Patterson with talks featuring high on the latest political developments in Lebanon, as well as the situation in the region.