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Sa'ad Al-Hariri Meets with Uruguay's Ambassador

Beirut - SPA

Lebanese Premier-designate Saad Al-Hariri met here today with the Ambassador of Uruguay to Lebanon Dr. Marta Inés Pizzanelli. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and ways to promote them, in all fields, in addition to review issues of common interest. Read more

Lebanon president says government will be formed "very soon"

Beirut - Arab Today

Lebanon's president said on Thursday a government would be formed very soon as political parties intensified negotiations to break a deadlock more than five months after elections. Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri has been negotiating with Lebanon's rival parties since a parliamentary election in May to form a new power-sharing cabinet, but they have so far been unable to reach consensus.Read more

v France's Macron says will welcome Hariri in Paris as Lebanese PM

Beirut - Arab Today

French President Emmanuel Macron said he would welcome Saad al-Hariri in Paris on Saturday as Lebanon's prime minister and expected him to return to Beirut in the "coming days, weeks."-- Reuters Source: NNARead more

Hariri hosts ceremony for orphan children on occasion of Christmas, New Year

Beirut - Arab Today

Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri held Saturday a joyful ceremony for young orphans from a number of associations and schools in various Lebanese regions, where he joined the children in celebration and distribution of gifts marking the Christmas and New Year occasions. The ceremony was attended by children from: Saint Mansour Social Welfare Center in Ashrafieh, Islamic Orphanage branches in variousRead more

PM Hariri urges Lebanese to put country first

Beirut - Arab Today

Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Thursday that the political crisis in Lebanon this month was "a wake up call" for Lebanese with different loyalties to put their country ahead of regional issues. Hariri was referring to the crisis ignited by his decision to resign earlier this month. He announced the shock resignation from Saudi Arabia. After returning to LebanonRead more

Lebanon’s outgoing PM holds talks with president in Cairo

Cairo - Mohamed Al Fishawy

Saad Al-Hariri, who recently resigned as prime minister of Lebanon, hailed Egypt's position in supporting Lebanon's stability after speaking with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo on Tuesday. Al-Hariri sparked a crisis in Lebanon when he abruptly announced his resignation as prime minister while in Riyadh on 4 November, raising fears about his country's stability. "I'd like to thank EgyptRead more

Lebanese PM denies claims over his kidnap in Saudi

Beirut - Fady Samaha

Saad al-Hariri will return to Lebanon from Saudi Arabia within two days, he said on Tuesday, 10 days after his shock resignation as prime minister in a broadcast from Riyadh. His abrupt resignation on Nov. 4 sent Lebanon spinning into political crisis and back onto the front line of the Middle East power struggle between Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia andRead more

Hariri to meet Macron in Paris on Saturday; Aoun sees 'start of a solution'

Paris - Arab Today

Lebanon’s prime minister Saad Al-Hariri will arrive in France on Saturday and meet French President Emmanuel Macron, a source inside the French presidency said. Macron invited the Lebanese premier and his family to France on Wednesday, hoping to soothe a crisis triggered when Hariri announced his resignation 12 days ago. Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said Hariri’s decision to accept anRead more

Lebanon's Hariri to fly to Paris within 48 hours, sources say

Beirut - Arab Today

Lebanon's Saad al-Hariri is expected to leave Saudi Arabia for France within 48 hours, before flying home to Beirut to officially submit his resignation as Lebanese prime minister, a source close to Hariri told Reuters on Thursday. Hariri announced his resignation in a televised broadcast from Saudi Arabia on November 4, and has not yet returned to Lebanon. He saidRead more

Lebanon’s Hariri says his resignation to protect country

Beirut - Fady Samaha

Saad al-Hariri warned on Sunday Lebanon was at risk of Gulf Arab sanctions because of the Shi‘ite group Hezbollah’s regional meddling and said he would return to Lebanon within days to affirm he had resigned as the country’s prime minister. In a television interview, the Saudi-allied Hariri held out the possibility he could yet rescind his resignation if Hezbollah agreedRead more