Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt Wednesday called for a 30-member Cabinet with balanced representation for the Marada Movement and the...
A Free Patriotic Movement delegation Wednesday expressed optimism that its ties with the Marada Movement will be restored.
The Free Patriotic Movement visited three more political parties Wednesday as part of its recent decision to spearhead the lobby for a new electoral law.
Lebanon’s Parliament speaker Wednesday said there was an increasing “convergence of opinion” on a new law to govern parliamentary elections.
The Cabinet will not be formed this week due to standing grievances between major political powers, sources told The Daily Star Wednesday but Free Patriotic...
Lebanese officials Tuesday sounded optimism that the Cabinet formation process was near its end as President Michel Aoun echoed the progress of talks.
Lebanon could have a new government as early as Wednesday, or Thursday at the latest, after major obstacles over the distribution of key ministerial...
An agreement has been reached on the formation of a committee to draft a new voting system to replace the 1960 electoral law, a Free Patriotic Movement...
Sleiman Frangieh said Monday that Speaker Nabih Berri had agreed to hand the Public Works Ministry to his Marada movement, a move that could break the...
Barring last-minute hitches, a national unity government could be announced this week after a major hurdle over the Marada Movement’s representation was...
A leading MP from Lebanon's Free Patriotic Movement said Monday that talks on forming a new government have made "clear progress" over the last few days
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri Friday met with Speaker Nabih Berri at his Ain al-Tineh residence in an attempt to resolve issues hindering the formation...
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri Friday struck an upbeat note about forming a new government before the holiday season, in the clearest sign that...
Constitutional time constraints may prevent parliamentary elections altogether, even if run on the old 1960 law, if Cabinet is not formed by the beginning of...
MP Sleiman Frangieh predicted after meeting Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri Wednesday night that a new government would be formed before the holiday...
Caretaker Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil’s proposal to separate the Cabinet formation process, which falls within the powers of the president and the prime...
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah is expected to give a televised address Friday, the party said in a statement Tuesday.
President Michel Aoun stepped in Tuesday to reassure the Lebanese worried over the delay in the formation of his first government, voicing hope that a new...
Stubbornness of Lebanese politicians still hinders Cabinet’s formation while officials Monday escalated verbal battles over a proposed replacement for the...
The Marada Movement has apparently rebuffed President Michel Aoun’s conciliatory gesture to party chief MP Sleiman Frangieh to meet to break the deadlock over...