Lebanon

Lebanon's prime minister-designate vows to form technocrat govt.

Dec 21, 2019 03:05

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab says he plans to form a government of independent technocrats capable of undertaking serious reforms and restoring people's confidence.
Lebanon president Aoun designates Diab as country's new premier

Dec 20, 2019 03:16

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has designated former education minister as the country’s new prime minister after he got the confidence vote of nearly 70 lawmakers during consultations on the matter.
Lebanon's Hariri says is not a candidate for premiership

Dec 19, 2019 04:01

Lebanon’s Caretaker Prime Minister Sa’ad al-Hariri has withdrawn his nomination for the premiership race, and stressed that the forthcoming parliamentary consultations to form a new cabinet “should not be postponed under any excuse.”
Fresh clashes hit Lebanese cities; officials warn against strife

Dec 18, 2019 08:40

Security forces have engaged in fresh clashes with protesters in several Lebanese cities, prompting officials to warn against a sectarian strife in the conflict-ridden country.
Parliament speaker warns Lebanon could soon be on brink of famine

Dec 16, 2019 12:16

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has sounded the alarm about the humanitarian cost of the ongoing crisis in the cash-strapped Arab country, warning that Lebanon could soon be on the brink of famine and completely relying on aid for survival if the current political paralysis persists.
Lebanon caretaker Interior Minister orders a probe into Beirut clashes

Dec 15, 2019 16:56

Lebanon's caretaker Interior Minister Raya El-Hassan has ordered the country's law enforcement agencies to open a "rapid and transparent" inquiry, after dozens of people were wounded in clashes during recent demonstrations that had erupted in a barricaded central district of Beirut.
Over 70 companies in Lebanon to lay off employees amid financial crisis: Senior official

Dec 11, 2019 04:41

Lebanese Caretaker Labor Minister Camille Abousleiman says dozens of companies in the cash-strapped Arab country are set to resort to mass dismissals very soon as they are wrangling with their own debt problems in the wake of the acute financial and economic crisis that Lebanon is going through.
Lebanese businessman Khatib withdraws name from premiership

Dec 09, 2019 05:15

Lebanese businessman Samir al-Khatib, one of the leading candidates for the position of prime minister, has withdrawn his candidacy to lead the next government, paving the way for caretaker Prime Minister Sa’ad al-Hariri to re-emerge for the job.
Lebanon’s new government must immediately carry out reforms: Hezbollah MP

Dec 08, 2019 13:58

Lebanon’s new government must have a plan to immediately carry out reforms in the cash-strapped country, says a lawmaker from the Hezbollah resistance movement, stressing that “chances of a solution to the crisis have not been eliminated.”
Lebanon unrest in best interests of US, Israeli regime: Senior Hezbollah official

Dec 08, 2019 03:36

A senior official of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says the United States and the Israeli regime are the main beneficiaries of the anti-government protests in his country, warning that Lebanon is on the brink of financial collapse.