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...
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...
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...
