BEIRUT — “Lebanon will not die,” Najib Mikati assured the Lebanese Thursday, addressing the country in a televised speech after he was voted as prime minister for the fourth time. “What a joke,”...
BEIRUT — France urged Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati Friday to "form without delay" a government that would work on the recovery of a country plunged in an unprecedented crisis, according to...
BEIRUT — Former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Friday said that government formation will be “difficult,” a day after the election of Najib Mikati as prime minister-designate, the state-run...
He does not live in Lebanon and has never officially said that he was a candidate for the prime minister post. However, at every parliamentary consultation since 2019, his name comes back to the...
What is worse than a cheap deal is no deal at all. Certainly, the nuclear deal signed in 2015 has been held partly responsible for Iran’s rise in power in the region. Undoubtedly, Tehran’s...
BEIRUT — Incumbent Najib Mikati, who was assigned as the prime minister-designate on Thursday after receiving a plurality of votes, is now tasked with forming the next government and will be...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Economy Minister Amin Salam said on Friday that the government has “decided to maintain the wheat subsidies," as Lebanon faces bread shortages due to its unprecedented economic...
BEIRUT — The UK’s High Court of Justice in London issued a court order in response to a lawsuit filed by the Beirut Bar Association compelling Savaro Ltd., the firm suspected of importing the...
“By launching in 2018 the construction of a new headquarters of the National Conservatory in Dbayeh with rooms and equipment that meet all the requirements of a higher institute of music, I can say...
BEIRUT — AM Bank announced in a press release that it is suspending its membership in the Association of Banks in Lebanon, and called for other banks to follow suit. Here’s what we know:...
BEIRUT – President Michel Aoun met on Friday with the head of Hamas' political bureau Ismail Haniyeh, who expressed “solidarity” with Lebanon in the maritime border dispute with Israel, the...
BEIRUT — Opposition party Taqaddom, which includes MPs Mark Daou and Najat Aoun on Friday criticized the “the unconvincing excuses of some [parliamentary] blocs and MPs who voted for the...
"Mikati is like water flowing between your fingers that you can never catch.” This statement, made by a politician who wished to remain anonymous, summarizes the path of the man to whom the...
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati was reappointed yesterday to form a fourth cabinet. Mikati received 54 votes, while his closest competitor, International Court of Justice judge Nawaf...
WASHINGTON — A group of 24 US senators on Thursday urged President Joe Biden to ensure direct US involvement in the investigation of the killing of an Al Jazeera journalist who was covering an...
Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
