On Monday, Najib Mikati, a billionaire businessman and former prime minister on two occasions, was elected as Lebanon’s new prime minister-designate following requisite parliamentary consultations with Lebanese President Michel Aoun. Mikati competed
MoreParliamentary consultations to elect a new Lebanese prime minister kicked off this morning, with two-time premier Najib Mikati already accepting the backing of 44 MPs in the parliament. Former premier Saad al-Hariri,
MoreThe United Nations has advised that more than four million people in Lebanon are at risk of losing access to clean water. Fuel scarcity is affecting water pumping. “UNICEF estimates that most
MoreThe Israeli military announced that its artillery bombarded southern Lebanon following two rockets being fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory. Israel’s army said in a declaration on Tuesday that aerial defenses intercepted
MoreOn Thursday, Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri resigned from his office after being unable to form a government for over the past eight months. Al-Hariri stepped down after a short meeting with
MoreOn Wednesday, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri presented a 24-minister cabinet squad to Lebanese President Michel Aoun, the former of which is likely to either step down or continue with his position. If
MoreTwo public hospitals in Lebanon have been forced to bolt their doors from Thursday, July 15, if officials refrain to fund immediately needed provisions, funds and materials as the healthcare sector inches
MoreThe number of people infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19 in Lebanon has increased to 9 in the last two days. The interim government’s Minister of Health, Hamad Hassan, stated that
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