Speaker Nabih Berri on Friday announced that "the course is headed toward a solution" as to the issue of the Shiite Duo's participation in the new government. Prime Minister-designate "Nawaf Salam is cooperative and I did not
The rhetoric of Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief on Saturday reaffirmed the party's commitment to its weapons and contradicted the positive atmospheres prevailing in the country after the election of General Jospeh Aoun as President,
"Lebanon needs to move forward." With these succinct words, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri responded to an LBCI question regarding whether the boycott of non-binding parliamentary consultations by the Hezbollah-Amal Movement blocs was a message to both domestic and international audiences.
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Saturday called on the Lebanese state to “deal firmly” with Israeli violations. Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire in a conflict parallel to the Gaza war in November.
Contacts intensified over the past hours, through mediators between Baabda and Ain el-Tineh, in order to contain the dismay of Hezbollah and Speaker Nabih Berri, the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Friday.
France is pressing for the swift formation of a Lebanese government. The Lebanese side proposed a technocratic government comprising 24 ministers, aligning with the number of key ministerial portfolios.
French President Emmanuel Macron will fly to Lebanon on Friday for a one-day visit to show support for the country's new leadership and work towards preventing Hezbollah's rearmament, two months after France and the US brokered a ceasefire between the group and Israel,
The parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its devastating war with Israel.
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It was not what the Shiite allies, Iran-backed Hezbollah and the Amal Movement led by House Speaker Nabih Berri wanted or even expected. Faced by the fait accompli, they reacted with dismay and ...
Lebanon's political discourse took a dramatic turn following a statement by MP Mohammad Raad, head of Hezbollah's Loyalty to the Resistance bloc, invoking the principle of "charter." The comment, laden with ambiguity,
Sources from the Hezbollah-Amal Movement duo told LBCI that they are withholding any decisions or statements until after the tripartite meeting in the Presidential Palace in Baabda. “We will not preempt the Baabda meeting.