The unusually direct U.S. intervention in Lebanon's sectarian politics appears aimed at capitalizing on shifts in the power ...

Lebanon's prime minister-designate Nawaf Salam is expected to announce the new cabinet in the coming days if the Lebanese Forces party’s demands for a so-called “sovereign” portfolio were met, ...

The ministry's strategic role in financial decision-making and postwar reconstruction has intensified political disputes, ...

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, the head of Dubai conglomerate Al Habtoor Group, said on X on Tuesday he had cancelled all planned ...

Despite President Joseph Aoun's urgency to form a full-fledged government capable of securing parliamentary confidence, the ...

Exclusive-US Seeks to Block Hezbollah Ally From Naming Lebanon Finance Minister, Sources Say By Laila Bassam, Maya Gebeily and Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - Washington is pressuring top ...

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 ...

Sources say the US is pressuring Lebanese officials to nominate the next finance minister to limit Hezbollah's influence in ...

the armed group Hezbollah has long named ministers to government, in coordination with its Shi'ite ally the Amal Movement, which has picked all of Lebanon's finance ministers since 2014. But U.S.