Lebanon heads for showdown as reform vows fail to quell protests
Bloomberg | Dana Khraiche: Lebanese officials were scrambling to finalize a plan to avert a financial meltdown as tens of thousands of protesters…
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Street protests express ‘people’s pain’: Lebanon’s Aoun
Press TV – Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has expressed solidarity with the protesters who have flooded the streets of the country in…
Calm returns to Lebanon after ministers resign following protests
Tasnim – A Lebanese Christian party announced it is quitting the government after a third day of protests across the country against…
France working to ‘reduce escalation’ after Aramco attacks: Hariri
Press TV – France is working to “reduce the escalation” that ensued from the recent Yemeni drone attacks against Saudi oil facilities,…
Israel bears full responsibility for drone attack on Lebanon, Hariri tells UN chief
Press TV – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri says the Israeli regime bears full responsibility for the last weekend’s drone attack on…
Hariri says Israeli drones in Beirut attempt to stir Middle East tensions
Reuters – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said two Israeli drones which crashed in a suburb of Beirut dominated by the Iranian-backed…
Regional powers race for further entrenchment in Lebanon
Alwaght – After several months of political limbo, Lebanon finally formed its government on January 30. The Arab media called the new…
Iranian FM meets top Lebanese officials in Beirut
February 12, The Iran Project – Heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif paid a two-day official visit to…
Zarif due in Lebanon for official visit
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to pay an official visit to Lebanon in a bid to boost bilateral…
Iran welcomes new Lebanese govt., vows support
Press TV – Iran has welcomed the formation of a new government headed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Lebanon after a nine-month deadlock…
Ambassador: Iran supports formation of Lebanese government
IRNA – Iran’s ambassador in Beirut Mohammad-Jalal Firouznia said on Tuesday that Iran supports the formation of a new government in Lebanon…
Iran ambassador, Lebanese PM discuss issues of bilateral importance
IRNA – Iran’s ambassador in Beirut Mohammad-Jalal Firouznia and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in a meeting on Tuesday discussed issues of…
Hariri meets President Aoun: Efforts underway to form new government
Almanar – Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said after meeting President Michel Aoun that the national unity government needs to be formed…
Lebanon warns against regional consequences of anti-Iran sanctions
IRNA – Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri on Thursday criticized Washington’s unilateral sanctions against Iran and warned that the US move will…
Lebanese leaders agree to take action against Israel threats
Press TV – Lebanese leaders have agreed to take actions at the regional and international levels against Israel’s plans to construct a…
Israel real threat to Lebanon’s stability: Prime Minister Hariri
Press TV – Prime Minister Saad Hariri calls Israel the greatest threat to Lebanon’s stability amid reports and speculations that the Tel…
Lebanon after best relationship with Iran
MNA – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told Davos attendees on Wednesday that he as the prime minister wants the best relationship…
Riyadh set to seize Lebanese prime minister’s assets: Report
Press TV – Saudi Arabia is reportedly set to seize assets of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in the kingdom as part…
Hariri lauds Hezbollah, wants ‘best of relations’ with Iran
Press TV – Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri has called for his county to be kept out of regional conflicts, lauding the…
Lebanon 2017: from Daesh expulsion to resignation crisis management
IRNA – 2017 was a year of ups and downs for Lebanon during which the Lebanese could pass the difficult situations including…
New details emerge of Saudi Arabia’s treatment of Hariri
Press TV – A leading US daily has revealed new details of Saudi Arabia’s degrading treatment of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri…
US al-Quds move to pose new security challenges to Mideast: Lebanese PM
Press TV – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has warned that US recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital will pose new…
Lebanese Prime Minister revokes resignation amid consensus deal with rivals
Sputnik News– Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has formally revoked his resignation following a consensus deal with rival parties.The prime minister said…
Hariri: I may withdraw resignation if conditions remain positive
Press TV – Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri has announced that he may retract his resignation by next week. “Matters are positive,…
Hariri to ‘certainly’ remain Lebanon PM: President Aoun
Press TV – Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun says Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who recently walked back on his shock resignation, will “certainly” remain in…
Hariri says will resign if Hezbollah doesn’t stay neutral
Press TV – Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri says he will resign if the Hezbollah resistance movement refuses to remain “neutral.” He…
Lebanon’s Hariri takes tough line on Hezbollah, cites Arab ties
Press TV- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who recently walked back his surprise resignation in Saudi Arabia, says he will not accept…
Hezbollah parliamentary group: Hariri’s return ‘positive’
Press TV- The parliamentary group of the Hezbollah resistance movement has welcomed Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s return to Lebanon, who recently stepped back…
Hariri’s resignation and more plans for war
American Herald Tribune | Jeremy Salt: Undoubtedly the media’s account of Saad Hariri’s ‘forced’ resignation is not the whole story, but how…
Lebanon’s Hariri suspends resignation as PM, easing crisis
Reuters– Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday suspended his decision to resign as prime minister at the request of President Michel Aoun to…
Hariri attends Lebanese National Day
IRNA – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri participated in Lebanese Independence Day held in Beirut on Wednesday. Lebanese President Michel Aoun and…
Hariri arrives back in Lebanon after announcing resignation from Riyadh
Press TV – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has arrived back in Beirut for the first time after announcing his resignation from…
Why Lebanese PM visited Paris not Beirut after 2-week detention in Saudi Arabia?
Alwaght– The resignation of the Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri from the Saudi capital Riyadh since the beginning was suspicious for both…
Lebanon’s PM to arrive in Egypt Tuesday after unexpected resignation
Sputnik News- Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who unexpectedly announced his resignation on November 4, will arrive in Egypt on Tuesday, according to…
PM Hariri says will clarify stance on Lebanon after returning home
Press TV- Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri has said he will announce his position with regard to the ongoing crisis in the…
Hariri expected in Beirut on Lebanon Independence Day
IRNA – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has reportedly said he will return in Beirut to attend Lebanon Independence Day celebrations. Hariri,…
Lebanon’s Hariri in Paris, 2 children stay behind in Riyadh
Press TV- Saad Hariri, who unexpectedly resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister while in Saudi Arabia and was widely known to have been under restrictions…
Hariri arrives in Paris with family amid Saudi-Iran tensions
Bloomberg – Saad Hariri arrives in France with his family amid mounting concern that his country, Lebanon, may once again turn into…
Lebanon’s Hariri leaves Saudi capital for France: Lebanese TV
Press TV – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has left the Saudi capital Riyadh for France some two weeks after he announced…
Lebanon FM vows response to foreign interference
Press TV – Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil says his country’s sovereignty is not for sale, vowing response to any attempts at…