Though Lebanon’s presidency is mostly symbolic, it has a few important powers, like approving prime ministers and cabinets. In a country still haunted by the memory of civil war, symbolism is ...
Lebanon's parliament will attempt to elect elect a new head of state on Thursday, with officials seeing better odds of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's assault on Hezbollah and the ...
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has responded to the remarks that MP Mohammad Raad voiced Monday at the Baabda Palace, saying there was no “exclusion” in the designation of Nawaf Salam as premier.
The good news from Lebanon is that Hezbollah's incumbent prime minister, Najib Mikati, has lost the race for another term, ...
Hezbollah vetoes Samir Geagea for President but accepts General Aoun for president. That’s what Wafiq Safa said in the Video. Other prominent candidates include Acting General Security Chief ...
But the most important meeting was on Monday night with the leader of the Christian party the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea, one U.S. official said. The U.S. official said Hochstein met with Geagea at ...
Other names circulating include Bassil, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, and former finance minister and International Monetary Fund official Jihad Azour. Hezbollah was not only dealt a serious ...
Sources say backroom deal involving Saudis will see terror group Hezbollah and its allied parliament speaker back current ...
Three Palestinians were killed, including two children, in an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian officials said, as arrests, raids and strikes continued across the occupied ...
Lebanon risks losing vital reconstruction aid if parliament fails to elect a president during its session on Thursday. The high-stakes, long-awaited exercise comes about two weeks before the expiry of ...
Israel ceasefire agreement, and a week after Judge Nawaf Salam was assigned to form a new cabinet, meetings with ...