BEIRUT, October 28 (Reuters): Lebanon's influential Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Wednesday that a new government could be formed within a few days if talks keep going positively.
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BEIRUT, October 22 (Reuters): Lebanon's former premier Saad al-Hariri appeared on course to be nominated for a fourth term as prime minister on Thursday and try to form a new government to tackle the c
BEIRUT, October 18 (Reuters): The leaders of Lebanon's Maronite and Orthodox Christian churches urged Lebanese leaders on Sunday to stop delaying talks on forming a government in scathing sermons in wh
BEIRUT, September 27 (Reuters): Lebanon's top Christian cleric said on Sunday the nation faced "multiple dangers" that would be hard to weather without a government, speaking a day after
BEIRUT, September 21 (Reuters): President Michel Aoun warned on Monday Lebanon was going "to hell" if a new government could not be formed but agreeing one might take a miracle after positions ha
BEIRUT, September 20 (Reuters): Lebanon's top Christian cleric took a swipe at leaders of the Shi'ite Muslim community on Sunday for making demands he said were blocking the formation of a new gove
BEIRUT, September 17 (Reuters): An old rivalry between Christian factions who fought each other in Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war has flared again on the street and in political debate, renewing fears o
PARIS, September 15 (Reuters): U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday warned France that its efforts to resolve the crisis in Lebanon would be in vain without immediately tackling the issue of Iran
PARIS/BEIRUT, September 13 (Reuters): French President Emmanuel Macron has been pressing Lebanese politicians to deliver on promises to form a new government this week and haul the country out of its worst
BEIRUT, September 1 (Reuters): French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Lebanese politicians they risk sanctions if they fail to set the nation on a new course within three months, stepping up pressure
BEIRUT, August 31 (Reuters): Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, head of Lebanon's Shi'ite Muslim Amal Movement, warned on Monday that recent deadly shootings raised the risk of the country sliding bac
BEIRUT, August 19 (Reuters): Fifteen years after the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, Hezbollah has risen to become the overarching power in a country that is now colla
BEIRUT, August 16 (Reuters): Lebanon's top Christian cleric called on Sunday for early parliamentary elections and a government formed to rescue the country rather than the ruling "political class
BEIRUT, August 14 (Reuters): Only the Lebanese people and their representatives can decide the country's future, Iran's foreign minister said on a visit to Beirut on Friday, following the massive b
LONDON/BEIRUT, August 12 (Reuters): Lebanon may be in line for $298 million in emergency aid after the Beirut port blast, but the more than $30 billion some estimate it may need to rebuild its shattered ec
BEIRUT, August 11 (Reuters): Angry Lebanese said the government's resignation on Monday did not come close to addressing the tragedy of last week's Beirut explosion and demanded the removal of what
BEIRUT, August 11 (Reuters): Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut's port posed a security risk and could
BEIRUT, August 10 (Reuters): Lebanon's prime minister announced his government's resignation on Monday, saying a huge explosion that devastated the capital and stirred public outrage was
FORT BREGANCON, August 9 (Reuters): World powers have a duty to support the Lebanese people after a massive blast devastated their capital as the country's future is at stake, French President Emmanuel
BEIRUT, August 9 (Reuters): Some Lebanese called on Sunday for a sustained uprising to topple their leaders amid public fury over this week's devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country's top
