Israeli airstrikes in Nabatieh, a major town in southern Lebanon, have injured 24 people, the Lebanese health ministry says.
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes in Nabatieh, a major town in southern Lebanon, injured 24 people on Tuesday, the Lebanese health ministry said. The Israeli military said in a statement it had ...
CAIRO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Monday that the group would not accept any ...
Israel said its forces would remain in southern Lebanon past the 60-day withdrawal deadline set by a ceasefire agreement with ...
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 ...
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a statement following the conclusion of Lebanon’s parliamentary consultations, congratulating Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam and wishing him success ...
Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun has begun binding consultations with members of parliament to nominate a prime minister. Aoun’s consultations got under way at 8:15am (06:15 GMT) on Monday ...
The complaints said that the Lebanese public consider Mikati, his brother Taha and their entourage as “the embodiment… of the clientelism and conflict of interest that have led Lebanon to its ...