France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Tuesday his government was keen on improving its ties with Syria, strained since the killing of his father Rafiq Hariri in 2005. "The government wants to raise brotherly ties between Lebanon and Syria to a level in line with the two countries' historical ties and mutual interest," Hariri told parliament. He said relations between the two neighbours...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Beirut - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Friday he is planning visits to a series of Western and Arab countries, including Syria, assuming he wins a vote of confidence before the Lebanese parliament next week. We look positively at the step...
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Friday he will be visiting long-time foe Syria after parliament grants his government a vote of confidence, but gave no date for the trip. "I will be going on a tour after the vote of confidence, and Syria will be part of that tour," Hariri told reporters in Beirut ahead of Thursday's vote in parliament. Hariri has had tense ties with Syria ever...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
This article by Peter Berkowitz in the Weekly Standard brings us up to date on the situation in Lebanon, where an election was held in June, but a new government is only now being formed. In the election, a moderate, pro-Western, pro-democracy coalition -- led by Saad Hariri, son of the linfluential anti-Syria eader whose death by car bombing in 2005 sparked the "Cedar Revolution" -- exceeded...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Lebanon's new cabinet has agreed on a policy statement that acknowledges Hezbollah 's right to use its weapons against Israel , despite disagreement by some members of the ruling majority. Information Minister Tarek Mitri said late Wednesday after a cabinet committee set up to draft the statement met for the ninth time that an agreement had been reached. He said the new statement will retain the same...
YaLibnan (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
By: Raghida Dergham There is striking evidence of regional consensus over forming a Lebanese national unity government after deliberate obstruction that lasted for five months and an international agreement to implicitly accept a Lebanese government that includes Hezbollah with a seat at the UN Security Council. Regional and international messages exchanged through the Lebanese arena are reassuring...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) deputy spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said on Thursday that UNIFIL is sure that Saad Hariri's government will support UN peacekeepers' mission and UN Resolution 1701. Tenenti said in a statement that UNIFIL welcomed the formation of the newly-formed Lebanese government, adding that UNIFIL is sure that the government will support the implementation of Resolution 1701,...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said he hopes stability will flourish in Lebanon with the formation of a new national unity government, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. Mottaki "expressed the hope that Lebanon will follow the path of stability, calm and reconstruction under the guidance of Prime Minister Saad Hariri with cooperation from all Lebanese people and political...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday welcomed the formation of a national unity government in Lebanon led by Saad Hariri, calling on the new government to recommit to the full implementation of Security Council resolution1701. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ban expressed his satisfaction that Lebanese political leaders have been able to reach agreement on the formation of a cabinet five...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Lebanese press on Tuesday welcomed Prime Minister Saad Hariri's new unity government but doubted he would be able to tackle the deep rifts between his camp and the rival Hezbollah-led opposition. "Government of the two trenches," read the front-page headline in the daily Al-Akhbar, which is close to the opposition. It referred to Hariri's US- and Saudi-backed alliance, which won a general...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Lebanese prime minister, Saad Hariri, formed a new government on Monday with the militant group Hezbollah-led opposition, putting an end to months of political uncertainty in the country.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The deadlock-ending accord divides power between U.S.-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Hezbollah, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization. After a months-long deadlock, Lebanon's rival political camps agreed to a unity government that includes both American-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim political party and militia that the United States considers a...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri announced the formation of a new Lebanese government late Monday following weeks of bickering and a five month political vacuum since parliamentary elections. The breakthrough comes at a price, though, since Mr. Hariri has had to give the Hezbollah-led opposition key ministerial positions.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Beirut - Following is the list of Lebanon's 30-member cabinet, announced Monday by the country's Prime Minister Saad Hariri. The ministers, grouped by political allegiance, are listed with their sectarian affiliation. ...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri formed a national unity government on Monday after more than four months of tough negotiations with his Hezbollah-led rivals, the cabinet secretary announced. The new 30-member cabinet was made public in a decree signed by Hariri and President Michel Sleiman. The line-up includes 15 ministers from Hariri's bloc, 10 from the opposition alliance which is supported...
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