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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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 [...]
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