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

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

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.