Lebanon’s Hezbollah-backed government will walk a political tightrope as it moves to urgently secure foreign funding to ward off financial collapse and could look to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance. Formed by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies, the cabinet faces an economic crisis at a time when […]
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Erdogan calls on Europe to support Turkey’s moves in Libya
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support its work in Libya, where it is providing military support to the internationally-recognized government, if it wants to end the conflict there. Erdogan made his remarks in a column published on the Politico website on Saturday, ahead of a summit […]
Lebanon finally close to form a government
Lebanon is on the brink of forming a new government, caretaker finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil said on Thursday. Lebanon has been without a government since Saad al-Hariri resigned as prime minister on Oct. 29 in the face of sweeping protests against the country’s elite, complicating efforts to mount a […]
Hundreds protest in Lebanon as crisis deepens
Hundreds protested across Lebanon on Saturday to denounce a crippling economic crisis and the political deadlock that has left the country without a government for over two months. Chanting anti-government slogans in the capital Beirut, the northern city of Tripoli and the southern city of Nabatieh, they also denounced a […]