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...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Beirut - Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Monday the line-up of the new national unity cabinet after a six- month political impasse that almost led the country into chaos. Hariri's new cabinet will include 30 ministers, 15 ministers loy...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
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...
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