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Lebanese President Michel Aoun sits at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Saad Hariri in Uphill Battle to Form New Cabinet

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 3, 2016 | Middle East

Future Movement leader Saad Hariri will now face the difficult task of forming Lebanon’s new government after he was named prime minister on Thursday. “After the necessary parliamentary consultations… the president has entrusted Saad Hariri with the...

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President Michel Aoun meets with ex-PM Saad Hariri and a delegation from Future Movement at Baabda Palace. NNA

Hariri Guarantees his Nomination as Lebanon’s Prime Minister

by Caroline Akoum | Nov 3, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The first day of binding parliamentary consultations ended on Wednesday with a major support for Future Movement leader Saad Hariri’s nomination for the post of prime minister. Eighty six out of 90 lawmakers who met with President Michel Aoun at the Baabda...

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Michel Aoun speaks to journalists on October 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Hussein

Lebanon’s Aoun Returns to Presidential Palace

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 31, 2016 | Middle East

Lebanese lawmakers on Monday elected Change and Reform bloc chief MP Michel Aoun president, ending a more than two-year political vacuum in the country’s top post. Aoun, who is the founder of the Free Patriotic Movement, secured in the second round of voting 83 votes...