The unusually direct U.S. intervention in Lebanon's sectarian politics appears aimed at capitalizing on shifts in the power ...

BEIRUT - Washington is pressuring top Lebanese officials not to allow Hezbollah or its allies to nominate the country's next ...

Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam contacted the Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian, to ...

Lebanon's newly-elected Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is now facing the challenging task of forming a government. The new administration will have to maintain a fragile ceasefire between Israel and ...

Despite President Joseph Aoun's urgency to form a full-fledged government capable of securing parliamentary confidence, the ...

Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam has reversed his approval of allotting the finance portfolio to ex-MP Yassine Jaber who is close to Speaker Nabih Berri, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Thursday.

Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam announced his plans to form a non-partisan government, aiming to exclude ministers affiliated with <a ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the new Lebanese government to adopt a human rights oriented agenda that promotes the rule of law, transparency and accountability on Thursday. The organization ...

More than two weeks after Nawaf Salam was designated as Lebanon's next Prime Minister, the extensive and complicated consultations that lead to the creation of the country's cabinet continue. It's the ...

Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam has stressed that he “will not give up any of the standards” that he has announced for the government formation process, which are separation between parliamentary ...

Lebanon’s ongoing political deadlock continues as Hezbollah and the Amal Movement persist in obstructing the formation of a ...

Lebanon stands at a crossroads. Will the people rally behind Aoun and Salam or return to Hezbollah's stubbornness, ask Karim ...