Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
LEBANON Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri of Lebanon will announce a new national unity government to include Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in the next few days, politicians said Saturday.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Lebanon's opposition has agreed to a proposed government line-up, Hezbollah said on Saturday, paving the way to the end of five months of tortuous negotiations following a June general election. Hezbollah, which heads an alliance of parties supported by Syria and Iran, said in a statement that its leadership, including the head of the militant party Hassan Nasrallah, met late on Friday and agreed...
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, who has been striving to form a government since late June, said on Friday he was hopeful a cabinet would see the light "soon" despite lingering differences with his political rivals. "The atmosphere is positive. I do not want to set a date, but I can say that, God willing, the government will be formed soon," Hariri said after meeting...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Ahmed Wali Karzai , brother of the Afghan president, “a go-between between the Americans and the Taliban,” and “a suspected player in the country’s booming illegal opium trade,” the New York Times informs us, “gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has for much of the past eight years.” This unsavory news has many negative implications...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Beirut - Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said Saturday he expected a breakthrough in a few days in the bid to form the long-awaited national unity cabinet. After meeting Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Hariri said: A breakthrough...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
UN special coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams said Tuesday that Lebanon is ahead of a crucial week to resolve outstanding issues and take decisive steps to forma cabinet, the local Now Lebanon news reported. Following a meeting with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, Williams said the UN considers it important for a government to be formed as soon as possible, adding that he briefed Hariri...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Beirut - Lebanon's Premier-designate Saad Hariri said Thursday he was still attempting to form a national coalition cabinet, but warned all possibilities were still open if such a bid failed. Many observers fear that if Hariri fails in his second r...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Beirut - As premier-designate Saad Hariri on Thursday kicked off another round of parliamentary consultations to form Lebanon's long-awaited cabinet, cautious optimism seemed to be rising that the country's political crisis would soon be coming to an...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
He backed away from the nomination last week, saying rival politicians were thwarting his attempt to form a unity government. But he agrees to give it another try. Lebanon's president designated Saad Hariri prime minister on Wednesday, asking the Saudi- and U.S.-backed politician to take on the tough job of forming a new government for a second time.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Lebanon’s president designated Saad Hariri prime minister on Wednesday, asking him to try again to form a new government.
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
President Michel Suleiman has asked Saad Hariri, who won Lebanon's parliamentary elections in June, to resume a stalled attempt to form a government
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Beirut - Saad Hariri Wednesday accepted re-nomination for the post of Lebanese prime minister after getting backing from 71 MPs of his majority party and two from the opposition Armenian Tashnag party. His nomination for the second time since the Jun...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Beirut - Seventy-three Lebanese parliamentarians, most of them from the majority party, on Wednesday named their leader, Saad Hariri, as premier for the second time since the June parliamentary elections. Hariri stepped down Thursday after accusing t...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Beirut - Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition Tuesday refrained from renaming the head of the ruling majority Saad Hariri as prime Minister on the first day of parliamentary consultations. The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Christian leader Miche...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
After a 70-day struggle, Lebanon's prime minister-designate Saad Hariri has admitted defeat in his attempts to form a unity government and quit. This does not necessarily mean the end of Hariri, while the Hezbollah-led opposition could sniff an opportunity to further increase its demands. - Sami Moubayed (Sep 14, '09)
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