The unusually direct U.S. intervention in Lebanon's sectarian politics appears aimed at capitalizing on shifts in the power ...
The unusually direct U.S. intervention in Lebanon's sectarian politics appears aimed at capitalizing on shifts in the power ...
BEIRUT - Washington is pressuring top Lebanese officials not to allow Hezbollah or its allies to nominate the country's next ...
Hezbollah has long named ministers to the government in coordination with its Shi'ite ally, the Amal Movement, which has picked all of Lebanon's finance ministers since 2014. But US officials are ...
Three other people with direct knowledge of the issue told Reuters that allowing Hezbollah or Amal to nominate the finance minister would hurt Lebanon's chances of accessing foreign funds to help ...