BEIRUT (AFP) - Crisis-hit Lebanon on Monday launches arduous consultations on naming a new premier as the prosecutor of a UN court probing the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri is set to submit indictments in the case.
President Michel Sleiman was to begin two days of meetings with the country's fractious parliamentary groups at noon (1000 GMT) but there was still talk early Monday they c [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri was convinced that Syria was behind his father's killing, according to a leaked recording of a 2007 meeting between Hariri and a UN investigator probing the case.
The audio-tape, aired late Sunday on Lebanese television and authenticated by Hariri's office, sheds light on the UN-backed probe into the 2005 assassination of ex-pr [...]
PARIS (AFP) - Draft charges hinting at Hezbollah in the 2005 murder of Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri are likely to be presented under wraps to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Monday, French daily Le Monde reported.
Citing sources close to the tribunal, the newspaper said on Saturday that prosecutor Daniel Bellemare will present the findings of his probe into the murder to pre-trial ju [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - The leader of Hezbollah, whose withdrawal from Lebanon's cabinet prompted its collapse, is to address the country Sunday on its latest crisis, as rival factions begin jockeying to form a new government.
Announcement of the televised address came as sources close to the powerful Shiite party indicated that it would not accept Prime Minister Saad Hariri returning to power.
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BEIRUT (AFP) - The US ambassador to Lebanon said on Friday that the collapse of the Lebanese government would not derail a probe into ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder and urged rival camps to exercise restraint.
"As the United States and the international community have said from the beginning, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is an irrevocable, international judicial process; its w [...]
ANKARA (AFP) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri was in Ankara on Friday for talks expected to focus on the political turmoil in his country, news reports said.
Hariri arrived in Ankara late Thursday to discuss the crisis in Lebanon triggered by the collapse of his government, Anatolia news agency said. On Friday he met with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at 0800 GMT.
Officials wi [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's president prepared on Thursday to tackle the delicate task of naming a new premier after Hezbollah forced the collapse of the unity government and plunged the country back into crisis.
President Michel Sleiman called on the government to stay on in a caretaker role and was to launch consultations on Monday with parliamentary blocs to appoint a new premier, who must be a [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel is carefully watching developments in Lebanon, where the government collapsed after Hezbollah ministers walked out, a senior government official told AFP on Thursday.
The crisis erupted on Wednesday after the powerful Shiite party and its allies resigned from cabinet in protest over a UN probe into the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri.
"This crisis is [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - An Israeli patrol crossed into Lebanese territory on Wednesday and captured a Lebanese shepherd near the border, the Lebanese army said in a statement.
"In a flagrant assault on residents of southern Lebanon... Enemy troops crossed the technical fence south of the village of Rmeish and kidnapped a Lebanese man, whom they took back into the occupied territories," or Israel, it sai [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's unity government collapsed on Wednesday after the powerful Hezbollah and its allies resigned from the cabinet over a UN probe into the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri.
Energy Minister Gebran Bassil told a press conference that 10 ministers had tendered their resignations because of a long-running dispute with Prime Minister Saad Hariri -- son of the slain l [...]
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