TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - More than 500 people gathered on Monday in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli to denounce the impending appointment of Hezbollah-backed candidate Najib Mikati as prime minister.
Supporters of acting Prime Minister Saad Hariri, whose government collapsed earlier this month, gathered in a town square chanting "Out with Najib!" and "Hezbollah, party of the devil!" as gunsh [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - Billionaire businessman Najib Mikati was poised on Monday to become Lebanon's next prime minister after winning the backing of the powerful Hezbollah, in a move denounced by outgoing premier Saad Hariri.
The Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shiite party and its allies put forward Mikati's name during consultations with President Michel Sleiman.
Sleiman is due to announce his cho [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday was to address the political crisis gripping Lebanon as rival parties prepared for a showdown on the choice of the country's next prime minister.
Nasrallah's televised address, scheduled for 1830 GMT, was to come hours before President Michel Sleiman was due to kick off talks with MPs on appointing a new premier after Hezbollah bro [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese Christian leader Samir Geagea called on Saturday for caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri to be re-appointed as government leader as the country's political groups jockeyed for power.
"We are in a tense conflict over every parliamentary vote," Geagea told a news conference at his residence in Maarab, 25 kilometres (15 miles) north of the capital Beirut.
"We will d [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's embattled caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri confirmed on Thursday his candidacy for a new term, saying he would not buckle to Hezbollah, which brought down his government last week.
"A constitutional process is under way and we will accept its results despite intimidation on the street and elsewhere," Hariri said in a televised address to the nation.
"We will [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - Saudi Arabia on Wednesday abandoned efforts to mediate in Lebanon's political crisis, warning of a "dangerous" situation, as the focus turned to a Turkish-Qatari bid to defuse tensions.
In an interview with Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television, Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said the Saudi king was "pulling his hand" from Lebanon.
He said the monarch -- whose country is a ke [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - The foreign ministers of Turkey and Qatar said on Thursday they were suspending efforts to mediate in Lebanon's political crisis after two days of intensive talks with the country's rival parties.
Our "efforts resulted in a working draft that takes into account political and legal demands to resolve the current crisis in Lebanon based on the Syrian-Saudi initiative," a stat [...]
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AFP) - The tribunal set up to try the killers of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri insisted Tuesday on keeping its first indictment under wraps as fears of violence rose on the streets of Beirut.
The prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon warned that speculation on the indictment which he submitted on Monday and is widely believed to implicate Hezbollah, [...]
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LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AFP) - The tribunal set up to try the killers of Lebanese ex-prime minister Rafiq Hariri insisted Tuesday on keeping its first indictment under wraps as fears of violence rose on the streets of Beirut.
The prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon warned that speculation on the indictment which he submitted on Monday and is widely believed to implicate Hezbollah, [...]
THE HAGUE (AFP) - The prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon filed his indictment Monday for the 2005 murder of premier Rafiq Hariri as Beirut's neighbours backed renewed mediation to calm rising tensions.
Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare submitted his long-awaited indictment under wraps, but speculation was rife that it named the Hezbollah militant group in connection with the massive [...]
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