NNA - Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, on Thursday met with World Bank Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Ousmane Dione, in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister ...

Analysts, however, said Salam and Aoun have a unique opportunity. The collapse of the al-Assad regime, a constant meddler in ...

Following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Beirut, Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati highlighted discussions on the country's current challenges and the need for ...

After a day of consultations between Aoun and legislators, Salam got the backing of 84 deputies, while outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati received nine votes. Thirty-four legislators from the ...

By Jan 13 afternoon, 84 MPs told Gen Aoun they backed Dr Salam, according to a tally by Lebanese media, with nine endorsing Mr Najib Mikati who has served as prime minister in a caretaker capacity.

Salam's backers view the judge and former ambassador as an impartial figure able to carry out much-needed reforms, a contrast to Mikati regarded by critics as under Hezbollah's influence.

Prior to that, incumbent caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati was widely viewed as the most likely contender for the post. Salam’s designation is a blow to Hezbollah and its allies Amal ...

The announcement on Monday reflects the weakened position of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, which wanted caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to keep the job, following its devastating war with ...

Caretaker PM Najib Mikati got nine votes. The presidency said Salam would return to Lebanon on Tuesday. His appointment is another blow to Hezbollah, which had sought to reappoint Mikati but ended ...

Lebanon and Syria will work together to secure their land borders, as well as to delineate both land and sea borders, Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Saturday in Damascus.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Damascus Saturday in the first such visit since before civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, an AFP journalist reported. The Lebanese prime minister ...