Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday expressed U.S. support for the Lebanese government's attempts to move past political differences with the Hezbollah-led opposition.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora says he has been reappointed by the country's new president, but has been asked to form a new Cabinet.
Michel Suleiman was sworn in as Lebanon's president Sunday after parliament elected him in long-delayed vote
The head of Hezbollah threatened "open war" against Israel as mourners gathered in Beirut Thursday for the funeral of a senior commander in the Islamic militant group organization killed this week.
An explosion in Beirut has killed four people, including Lebanon's top anti-terror investigating officer, sources with the Lebanese Internal Security Forces and a government minister told CNN.
A car bomb struck a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday as it traveled along a coastal highway north of Beirut, killing at least three Lebanese civilian bystanders, according to American and Lebanese officials.
The latest Lebanese assassination has stunned the country and could further delay the election of a new President
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is "extremely concerned" about the delay in electing a new Lebanese president, a hiatus that has gone "well past the constitutional timeframe."
Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun said Thursday he could support the candidacy of Lebanon's army chief to become the country's new president.
The country is once again amidst a tense stand-off which can perhaps only be broken by Syrian participation in the Annapolis peace talks
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday expressed U.S. support for the Lebanese government's attempts to move past political differences with the Hezbollah-led opposition.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora says he has been reappointed by the country's new president, but has been asked to form a new Cabinet.
Michel Suleiman was sworn in as Lebanon's president Sunday after parliament elected him in long-delayed vote
The head of Hezbollah threatened "open war" against Israel as mourners gathered in Beirut Thursday for the funeral of a senior commander in the Islamic militant group organization killed this week.
An explosion in Beirut has killed four people, including Lebanon's top anti-terror investigating officer, sources with the Lebanese Internal Security Forces and a government minister told CNN.
A car bomb struck a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday as it traveled along a coastal highway north of Beirut, killing at least three Lebanese civilian bystanders, according to American and Lebanese officials.
The latest Lebanese assassination has stunned the country and could further delay the election of a new President
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is "extremely concerned" about the delay in electing a new Lebanese president, a hiatus that has gone "well past the constitutional timeframe."
Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun said Thursday he could support the candidacy of Lebanon's army chief to become the country's new president.
The country is once again amidst a tense stand-off which can perhaps only be broken by Syrian participation in the Annapolis peace talks
Just hours before President Emile Lahoud was scheduled to leave office, an opposition boycott has kept Lebanon's parliament from choosing his successor.
As the country's factions try to settle on a new president, the decision could have ramifications across the Middle East
A bitterly divided Lebanese parliament adjourned Tuesday without officially beginning the process of selecting a new president.
Beirut emerged Friday from an overnight curfew imposed after deadly clashes erupted between pro-government and opposition supporters at Beirut Arab University.
Lebanese officials Thursday imposed an overnight curfew for Beirut after deadly clashes erupted between pro-government and opposition supporters at Beirut Arab University.
Crowds of people snaked through the streets of Pierre Gemayel's Christian hometown to mourn the Lebanese industry minister suspected by his supporters of being assassinated by those intent on weakening Lebanon's anti-Syrian government.
Lebanese Cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel -- a key member of the anti-Syrian majority in the Lebanese parliament -- has been shot dead in an assassination that raises tensions between opponents and allies of Syria.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Wednesday his government will survive despite the resignations of six Cabinet ministers this week.
Lebanon's depleted government Monday approved a United Nations draft setting up an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
A constitutional crisis in Lebanon is threatening plans for an international tribunal to try those allegedly involved in the assassination of the country's former Prime Minister.
After bombing the last land routes into Beirut, and effectively cutting off the Lebanese capital from relief supplies, Israel issued a statement saying the attacks were designed to thwart Syrian attempts to arm Hezbollah.
President Emile Lahoud has urged the Lebanese to remain united in the face of an Israeli offensive against Hezbollah and logistical targets in Lebanon that was in its tenth day Saturday.
Thousands of Israeli troops massed on the Lebanese border Friday as Lebanon's president warned that his army would defend the country if Israel launches a full-scale ground invasion.
U.N. chief Kofi Annan called on Thursday for an immediate end to the fighting between Israeli and Hezbollah forces.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad threatened to "break" Lebanon if the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri did not support a longer term for President Emile Lahoud, a pro-Syrian politician, Lebanon's prime minister claimed Sunday.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit Thursday to Beirut, where anti-Syrian leaders have been working to oust Lebanon's pro-Syrian president.
Two members of a U.N. team investigating the February assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on Friday interviewed Lebanon's pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud, his office said.
Two Lebanese brothers were charged Wednesday in connection with the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, presidential spokesman Rafic Shalala said.
Two Lebanese brothers were charged Wednesday in connection with the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, presidential spokesman Rafic Shalala said.
President Bush on Friday urged the United Nations to quickly address the findings of its report implicating Syrian and Lebanese officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
U.N. investigators have found "converging evidence" of Lebanese and Syrian involvement in the February killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a released report has concluded.
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad denied Wednesday that he or his country was involved in the February assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Three former top Lebanese security officials detained in early morning raids Tuesday are suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the current prime minister said.
An investigation has begun into a powerful explosion that rocked a Christian area of Beirut Friday night, hours after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid a surprise visit.
A powerful explosion -- heard miles away -- tore through a Christian neighborhood in northern Beirut, killing at least two people and wounding 12 others, including Lebanon's outgoing deputy prime minister Elias Murr.
Lebanon's opposition has called for the resignation of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud and a general strike after a car bombing killed a prominent anti-Syrian journalist.
Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said Tuesday he had formed a new government.
Pro-Syrian Lebanese President Emile Lahoud has named former government minister Najib Mikati as prime minister-designate.
Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister-designate says he has turned in his resignation after failing to form a new government.
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously authorized an international investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
A fact-finding team investigating last month's assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has blamed Syria's government for the political tension that preceded the killing, according to a U.N. report released Thursday.
A bomb has ripped through a shopping mall in a predominantly Christian area north of Beirut, Lebanon, killing three people and wounding at least two others, police said.
Pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud has urged Lebanon's divided politicians to begin immediate talks after a car bombing in Beirut increased fears of a return to Lebanon's violent past.
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud has reappointed staunchly pro-Syrian Premier Omar Karami to form the next government, 10 days after Karami quit under popular pressure.
Lebanon's pro-Syria parliamentary majority has nominated former Prime Minister Omar Karami -- who resigned nine days ago in the face of anti-Syria demonstrations -- to resume his post.
The leaders of Syria and Lebanon have announced the pullback of Syrian troops to Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley by the end of March.
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and Syrian leader Bashar Assad will meet Monday in Damascus to discuss details of a pullback of Syrian troops in Lebanon, Lebanese and Syrian government officials said Sunday.
A meeting of Lebanese opposition leaders has ended with a list of demands calling for the immediate resignation of Lebanese security chiefs and the immediate withdrawal of Syrian troops and intelligence assets from Lebanon.
The United States supports the Lebanese people's expression of democratic aspirations, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said.
The Lebanese government abruptly resigned Monday during a stormy parliamentary debate, prompting a tremendous roar from tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in central Beirut.
Lebanon's president says his government will share with a U.N. inquiry any evidence gathered on the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a U.N. spokesman said Tuesday.
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was among 10 people killed on Monday when a massive bomb blast hit his motorcade in central Beirut.
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was among those killed Monday in the massive explosion that rocked central Beirut's fashionable seafront district.
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri has resigned along with his government and said he would not lead a new government.
A car bomb has exploded in western Beirut, wounding a former Lebanese Cabinet minister and killing his driver, army sources and Lebanese officials said.
Under building international pressure, Syrian troops Tuesday began a phased redeployment from posts in Lebanon, with about 1,000 forces pulling out of bases south of Beirut, Lebanese military sources said.
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