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Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022. President Joseph Aoun announced in a statement that he had accepted the resignation of ...
The political shake-up in Lebanon — which operates a sectarian power-sharing system — comes in the wake of Hezbollah's costly conflict with Israel.. The group had been exchanging strikes with ...
It exercises political control over the cabinet through formal questioning of ministers on policy issues and by requesting a confidence debate. Lebanon's judicial system is based on the Napoleonic Code. Juries are not used in trials. The Lebanese court system has three levels—courts of first instance, courts of appeal, and the court of cassation.
Over 22,000 residents in Lebanon have crossed into Syria to escape ongoing Israeli airstrikes and potential escalation of conflict. [97] Two people are killed, including Mohammad Hussein Srour, a senior Hezbollah commander, and 15 injured during an airstrike in Beirut. [98] 115 airstrikes across the rest of Lebanon kill at least 60 and injure ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's war with Hezbollah and ...
He said Lebanon's future is for its people to decide and no one else, including “any outside actor, whether it’s the United States, Israel, or any of the many actors in the region.” The U.S. and others have been pressing for years for an end to the political deadlock in Lebanon to no avail. The country’s sectarian power-sharing system ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israeli invasion of Lebanon (2024–present) Part of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present), the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) and the Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israel Attested Hezbollah presence in Lebanon Lebanese territory under Israeli control Israeli-occupied Golan Heights ...
Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed ...