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Lebanese Agriculture Minister and MP Akram Chehayeb (NNA)

Lebanese Agriculture Minister: The New Cabinet’s Task Is to Hold Parliamentary Elections

by Wajdi Al-Aridi | Dec 15, 2016 | Interviews

Beirut – Lebanese Agriculture Minister Akram Chehayeb said that the main task of the new Cabinet was to hold parliamentary elections within the constitutional deadline. In an interview with Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, Chehayeb warned that any attempt to extend the term...

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Lebanon’s Parliament majority leader Saad al-Hariri and Lebanese opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun (R) smiles during the sixth session of the national dialogue between politician rival leaders at Presidential Palace in Baabda, near Beirut April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Dalati Nohra/Handout (LEBANON POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – RTXEH52

Lebanon: Hezbollah’s Insistence on 30-Member Cabinet Further Freezes Agreement

by Caroline Akoum | Dec 15, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – Despite prevailing optimism over the imminent formation of the Lebanese Cabinet, the latest political developments have contradicted all expectations, as sources said that Hezbollah’s insistence on an expanded 30-member government has hampered all efforts in...

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Riachi visited Hariri on Monday to discuss the government lineup/NNA

Lebanon: Government’s Formation in Last Stage

by Nazeer Rida | Dec 14, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanon’s cabinet formation reached the last stage on Tuesday with the emergence of signs showing the new government of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would be announced on Wednesday, informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. “We do not expect that...

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Franjieh met with Berri on Monday/NNA

Lebanon: Birth of Cabinet this Week Depends on Public Works Portfolio

by Paula Astih | Dec 13, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – A pour of meetings and talks intensified in Lebanon this week with an attempt to solve the remaining obstacles ahead of announcing the birth of a new cabinet before the festive seasons. Meetings held on Monday and the comments delivered by some...

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Hariri speaks on Friday after meeting Berri at Ain Al Tineh in Beirut/ NNA

Lebanon: Cabinet Between ‘Positive Allusions’ and Absence of Practical Solutions

by Paula Astih | Dec 11, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – The positive positions launched by each of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and the Secretary General of the so-called Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah on Friday and which alluded that a new cabinet could possibly be formed in the next hours did not meet...