Lebanon Politics News

New Finance Minister Raya Haffar Hassan said Tuesday that the government has successfully issued $500 million in Eurobonds to refinance the public debt and stressed that all ministers are keen to implement economic reforms. The minister also suggested that the government...

As-Safir newspaper quoted Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt as saying that he agrees with most of the clauses set in Hezbollah’s new political platform, which was announced on Monday, such as “the essential and strategic threat represented by...

Four years ago, at 16, Rana's husband forced her into prostitution...Asked why she ignores the risks of contracting HIV or STDs she simply says: "I don't want to lose the client." So far there are no recorded HIV cases among...

During a meeting with the council of the Education Syndicate on Tuesday, Education Minister Hassan Mneimneh said that education in Lebanon has worsened and that this problem needs to be solved. He called for the formation of a special lobby...

Lebanon's newly formed cabinet has agreed on a policy statement that acknowledges Hezbollah's right to use its weapons against Israel, French news agency AFP reported on Thursday. According to the report, Lebanese Information Minister Tarek Mitri said late Wednesday that...

A police officer and mother of one was hailed a heroine yesterday after it emerged that she almost single handedly ended the massacre at America’s biggest military base. Kimberly Munley does not look as if she would be much of...

Israel hurled fresh accusations on Tuesday that Hizbullah has amassed a stockpile of tens of thousands of rockets, some capable of reaching major Israeli cities. Israeli Army Chief of Staff Major General Gabi Ashkenazi told his government’s Foreign Affairs and Defense...

Well no one thought that the government was going to be a lion or a bear but some of us held to the strange belief that maybe this time around the cabinet formation process in Lebanon will take a small...