Nabih Berri

Special Shiite blocs fail to attend opening day of talks on forming new Lebanese government

Shiite blocs fail to attend opening day of talks on forming new Lebanese government

  • Hezbollah and Amal refuse to participate after MPs choose Nawaf Salam as prime minister-designate, rather than caretaker PM Najib Mikati as Hezbollah expected
  • Change Alliance says ‘Lebanon has entered a new phase,’ calls for quota-free government in which women are properly represented
By NAJIA HOUSSARI ·

Special Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun after Aoun is elected as the country’s president. video

Joseph Aoun elected president of Lebanon

By NAJIA HOUSSARI ·