The Lebanese parliament convened on Monday to discuss the ministerial policy statement and vote on granting confidence to the new government, after a nearly one-hour delay caused by a power cut. Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, read out his cabinet’s ministerial statement based on which his government “Together to the Rescue” ...
Lebanon has submitted a letter of protest to the United Nations and the Security Council after Israel granted US oilfield services group Halliburton an offshore drilling contract in the Mediterranean. Lebanon’s representative to the UN, Amal Mudallali, submitted the letter to both UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the President ...