Press TV - Lebanese President Michel Aoun has strongly dismissed latest allegations by the US ambassador to the Arab country that the Hezbollah resistance movement is now wielding more influence on the Beirut government. This is the US vision and it contradicts with reality. Hezbollah has maintained the same political presence it had in the previous ...

IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated setting up of the Lebanese government in a meeting with Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri, describing it a major achievement. Visiting Zarif also hoped that establishment of Lebanese government, which is based on public vote in recent parliamentary election, would play a crucial role ...

Alwaght - Forming a new government in Lebanon has become a challenge in the country, drawing discontentment among the public as well as some political parties. Lebanon held a parliamentary election on May 6, creating an optimism among the people about forming a new government that will address the nations problems and restore stability to the country ...

Press TV - Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri says all political sides have made concessions on their demands for posts in the next Cabinet, expressing hope that a new government would be formed after President Michel Aoun returns from a trip abroad. The economic situation requires everyone to compromise a bit for the sake of the country,...

Press TV - French President Emmanuel Macron has publicly admitted that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri had been held last November in Riyadh, where he abruptly announced his resignation live on Saudi TV, claiming his mediation efforts played a decisive role in resolving the political crisis back then. Hariri sent schockwaves through Lebanon ...

IRNA Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Fathali met separately with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri and the country's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday. Hariri received Fathali at his office and the two discussed bilateral issues. The Iranian envoy also met Berri at his residence in the south of Beirut. Fathali discussed ...

Reuters - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri left for Riyadh late on Tuesday, his media office said, for his first to the Saudi capital since he abruptly resigned there in November. A statement by Hariris media office said he was responding to an invitation from Saudi envoy Nizar al-Aloula, whom he met in Beirut on Monday. It said Hariri would ...

Press TV - Lebanese President Michel Aoun has held talks over the future of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's government with the country's political leaders after the latter decided to suspend his shock resignation, which he announced in Saudi Arabia earlier this month. A senior Lebanese official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the ...

IFP - A senior Iranian official says Saudi Arabia and its regional allies are trying to destabilize Lebanon having received the green light from the US. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Israel have decided to undermine the stability and security of Lebanon and declare war on the Arab country, Major General Mohsen Rezaei said in a post in his ...

IFP- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement, in rare comments lauded the positive role of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in the recent victories over ISIS terrorists. Nasrallah announced Thursday that the ISIS-held areas near the Lebanese-Syrian borders were completely liberated, pointing ...

American Herald Tribune | Muhammad Ali Carter: The last time I was in Lebanon was in August 2014 when the battle for Arsal first began. Arsal, a small town in the north eastern part of Lebanon located near the Lebanon-Syria border, had just been overrun by a coalition group made up of ISIS & Nusra fighters, seeking to snatch the town and set into ...

IRNA Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari said that he and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri had common views on fighting terrorists in Syria and political settlement of crisis in that country. He made the remarks after a meeting with Saad Al-Hariri late on Tuesday while talking to reporters. Asked to ...

Press TV - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri says recent Israeli actions have indicated a desire for a newconflict after Tel Aviv unveiled the latest addition to its missile system. In an interview with France24 TV station after arriving in Paris on Sunday, Hariri also dismissed concerns thatHezbollah might provoke a conflict with Israel....

Al Manitor| Haytham Mouzahem: Following the election of Gen. Michel Aoun as president of the Lebanese Republic on Oct. 31and the appointment of Saad Hariri as prime minister on Nov. 3, the two men will face numerous challenges, starting with forming a national government. Hariri is seeking to form his government before Independence Day on Nov. 22, ...

(Reuters) - Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri says he is now ready to share power with his rivals Hezbollah if that's what it takes to help Lebanon finally form a government after nine months of political deadlock. Linking up with the powerful Shi'ite group would be a sharp turnabout for Hariri and his Future party, a Sunni Muslim group ...

Lebanonwas jolted into a fresh political crisis on Friday after a car bomb in centralBeirutassassinated Mohammad Shatah, a prominent political ally and adviser to former Prime MinistersSaad Haririand Fouad Siniora. Such attacks have been a sad part of Lebanese political culture since the 1970s. The target, timing and location of the attack perhaps ...