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People’s Flag returns to the People’s House/ Dalati Nohra

Aoun’s Shi’ite Minister Delays Cabinet Birth until after ‘Independence’

by Thaer Abbas | Nov 21, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri barely removes an obstacle before a new one emerges, obstructing his mission to form a new government before Independence Day, celebrated in Lebanon on Tuesday. Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Presidential...

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President Aoun meets with the Maronite Patriarch in Bkirki. NNA

Lebanon: Political Vetoes Obstruct Birth of Cabinet before Independence Day

by Youssef Diab | Nov 18, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Consultations led by Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to form a new government in Lebanon entered a race against time, limiting the possibility to form the cabinet before Independence Day next Tuesday. Optimism that prevailed in the last few hours has...

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Hariri meets Aoun on Thursday at the Presidential Palace in Baabda after being tasked to form the new cabinet/NNA

Hariri Vows to Quickly Form a ‘National Accord Government’

by Nazeer Rida | Nov 4, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Saad Hariri, the newly nominated prime minister, vowed Thursday to work hard on forming a national accord government capable of facing the country’s divisions which have paralyzed Lebanon for several years. Following two days of binding parliamentary...

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Ex-PM Saad Hariri heads a meeting of the Future bloc in Beirut on Tuesday. NNA

Consultations to Appoint New PM Kick Off, Future Movement and Aoun Support Hariri

by Caroline Akoum | Nov 2, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The Presidential Palace in Baabda will open its doors on Wednesday for the binding parliamentary consultations to appoint a new premier, already settled to be former Prime Minister and head of the Future Movement MP Saad Hariri. While most parties expect the...

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Aoun delivers his inaugural speech in Parliament Monday/NNA

After 890 Days…’The General’ Becomes Lebanon’s President

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 1, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- 890 days of Lebanese presidential vacuum came to end on Monday by electing General Michel Aoun as the country’s president with the support of 83 out of 127 MPs in Parliament. Aoun returned to the Presidential Palace 26 years after he had left it under the...