PM-designate Salam extends hand to Hezbollah, aims to rebuild Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam said on Tuesday his hands were "extended to everyone", in a gesture to the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group that accused opponents of seeking to exclude it by nominating him for the post.
Lebanese PM-designate Salam says his hands are extended, in nod to Hezbollah
BEIRUT - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam said on Tuesday his hands are extended to everyone, in a gesture to the Iran-backed Hezbollah group that accused opponents of seeking to exclude it by nominating him for the post.
Lebanon's PM Designate Nawaf Salam Resigns as Member of International Court of Justice
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun summoned Salam to designate him prime minister after most lawmakers had nominated him, dealing a big blow to Hezbollah, which acc
Lebanon's New PM Nawaf Salam Pledges to Rebuild his Shattered Nation
Lebanon now has a new government in waiting for the first time in two years after Nawaf Salam was nominated for prime minister.
Lebanon's Nawaf Salam to be designated PM, angering Hezbollah
By Laila Bassam and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese President Joseph Aoun summoned Nawaf Salam, head of the International Court of Justice, to designate him prime minister after most lawmakers nominated him on Monday,
Saidi: Emergence of a New Lebanon Under Nawaf Salam
Former UN envoy & current head of the International Court of Justice, Nawaf Salam has been named Lebanon's prime minister. Salam's election is seen as Lebanon's further shift towards the West and away from Iran's influence.
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Al-Waleed bin Talal announces Four Seasons to reopen in Beirut, Lebanon
The planned reopening of the hotel, which was damaged in the 2020 port explosion, follows Saudi-backed Gen. Joseph Aoun's ...
Hezbollah lawmaker says Lebanese opponents are working to exclude the group
Senior Hezbollah lawmaker Mohammed Raad said on Monday the Iran-backed group's opponents were seeking its fragmentation and ...
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Weakening of Hezbollah enabled Lebanon to fill 2-year-old presidential vacancy
Joseph Aoun is first president since 1990s not to be pre-approved by Tehran and Damascus, signaling an end to Iran-backed ...
Lebanon names ICJ chief as PM of distressed nation, angering Hezbollah
The choice of diplomat Nawaf Salam, the chief justice in The Hague, to lead the country’s revival underlines a major shift in ...
Lebanon's Hezbollah delays meeting with president, indicating tensions over PM choice
The Iran-backed Hezbollah group postponed an appointment with President Joseph Aoun on Monday at which it was due to ...
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Lebanon’s Aoun taps ICJ chief justice as prime minister, in blow to Hezbollah
Choice of UN court's Nawaf Salam underlines major power shift among sectarian factions in Beirut since Iran-backed Shiite ...
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Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed last year inside the war operations room, aide says
A senior Hezbollah security official says leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group’s war operations room BEIRUT -- Hezbollah leader ...
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Iranian plane, diplomat searched at Beirut airport: What we know
On Nov. 15, an Iranian delegation accompanying Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was ...
Paul Vidich on Hezbollah, Mossad and the love story within a book about war
Israel’s invasion of Gaza in 2023 came six days after Hamas murdered 1200 Israelis, many attending a music concert near the ...
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Nawaf Salam arrives in Beirut as new Lebanese PM faces challenge of forming government
New Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam arrived in Beirut on Tuesday morning to face the task, set by President Joseph Aoun, ...