BEIRUT President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati met Wednesday in Baabda to discuss the Cabinet formation, a mission that has been dragging on for months, with Mikati.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon s top Christian cleric said on Sunday it is "shameful" that politicians have yet to form a new cabinet nearly three months after elections, blaming their chronic
In his weekly sermon, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Boutros al-Rai drew an unfavorable comparison between Lebanon's progress in securing a maritime boundary deal with longtime foe Israel and the paralysis in domestic politics
Many Lebanese see the long-entrenched governing elite as hamstrung by corruption and dysfunction, and blame it for pushing Lebanon into a financial and economic meltdown that has left eight in ten people poor.