Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Beirut - Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is set to announce the formation of the national unity cabinet by the middle of the week , after more than one month of very intensive consultations
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Beirut - Prime Minister-Designate Fouad Siniora was General Aoun's guest of honor today for lunch at his al Rabiyah residence . After the lunch and the meeting with Aoun Siniora spoke to reporters
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Beirut- Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun on Thursday reportedly rejected an offer of cabinet ministries from Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora.
YaLibnan (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Beirut- An adviser to Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora said representation in the new cabinet should be nationally "balanced." Mohammed Shatah, in a radio interview, said the cabinet formation also should have three Christian "pillars." The three pillars, according to Shatah, are: 1- The group represented by Change and Reform Bloc leader Michel Aoun 2- The group represented by the March...
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Beirut- Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora said he responds to the verbal attacks by Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun with a push button "delete" approach.
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Beirut- Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun said his battle was one with Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora and not with President Michel Suleiman.
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Beirut - Prime Minister-Designate Fouad Siniora on Friday hinted that Hizbullah is behaving as if it wants Israel to remain in Lebanon, emphasizing that this is "shameful."
YaLibnan (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Beirut- Prime Minister designate Fouad Siniora told reporters to expect good news early next week , after ending his meeting with Lebanese president Michel Suleiman at the Baabda presidential palace "We hope to report progress on forming the cabinet early next week" He added that he and the president have been fully cooperating on ending the current impasse He said it is important that the Ministry...
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Beirut- The opposition has slammed a new cabinet line-up proposed by Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora as a "trap." The daily An Nahar on Friday, citing opposition sources,
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Beirut- As Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora struggles to form a government satisfactory to both the majority and opposition, MP Michel Aoun has once again assumed the role of spoiler.
NoisyRoom.net (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
From the DEBKAfile: Fresh fighting between Hizballah and pro-Western forces supporting prime minister Fouad Siniora flared in eastern Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley and Alei in the Chouf hills east of Beirut Sunday. Government forces were deployed to restore order against Hizballah’s anti-tank weapons and 60 mm in new president Michel Sleiman’s first trial of strength since taking [...]
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Beirut- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman held a meeting Saturday with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, at the Baabda Palace after French president Nicolas Sarkozy left the palace.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Most Lebanese see the election of Michel Sleiman as president and the nomination of Fouad Siniora as premier as just the beginning of a journey paved with numerous political obstacles. The recent agreement in Doha, Qatar, regarding the next cabinet and the distribution of major service and sovereign ministries.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
Due to the past 18 months of political turmoil, many Lebanese had given up hope and feared for the worst. However, the election of President Michel Suleiman and the re-nomination of Premier Fouad Siniora offer what is perhaps a light at the end of Lebanon's dark tunnel of instability, even though the rest of the Doha agreement remains to be implemented.
YaLibnan (Free subscription) | 05/31/2008
Beirut - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has arrived in Lebanon on the first leg of his Middle East tour. On Sunday he is scheduled to meet newly elected President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in Beirut before heading on to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Steinmeier has voiced concern that Israel's domestic political issues may throw the Mideast peace process...
