Lebanese politics
Lebanon’s Hariri named new PM, wins speaker’s support
Middle East
November 3, 2016
Lebanon’s Hariri named new PM, wins speaker’s support
Lebanon's president asked Sunni leader Saad al-Hariri to form a new government on Thursday, after he won the support of…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah sees door ‘wide open’ for an Aoun presidency
Middle East
October 24, 2016
Lebanon’s Hezbollah sees door ‘wide open’ for an Aoun presidency
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Sunday the door to electing a president was "wide…
Grassroots movement prominent in Lebanon’s municipal polls
Middle East
May 8, 2016
Grassroots movement prominent in Lebanon’s municipal polls
Lebanese headed to the polls for first time in six years on Sunday for municipal elections including in Beirut, where…