Senior Hezbollah lawmaker Mohammed Raad, whose Iran-backed group had wanted incumbent Najib Mikati to stay in the post, said Hezbollah's opponents were working for fragmentation and exclusion.
reflecting the weakened position of Hezbollah which wanted Najib Mikati to keep the job. The support for Salam underlines the big shift in the power balance among Lebanon's sectarian factions ...
Caretaker PM Najib Mikati got nine votes. The presidency said Salam would return to Lebanon on Tuesday. His appointment is another blow to Hezbollah, which had sought to reappoint Mikati but ended ...
As of Monday afternoon, 84 members of parliament had told Aoun they backed Salam, according to a tally by Lebanese media, with nine endorsing interim prime minister Najib Mikati to stay in the ...
According to declarations from parliamentary blocs and independent MPs, the main contenders for the premiership are outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Judge Nawaf Salam. MP Fouad Makhzoumi ...
"Today there are two options in the country: a serious reform option, called Nawaf Salam, and an option that takes us back, called Najib Mikati," he said. Some opposition lawmakers on Saturday ...
Prior to that, incumbent caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati was widely viewed as the most likely contender for the post. Salam’s designation is a blow to Hezbollah and its allies Amal ...
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A tally given by Lebanese media put Nawaf Salam, the presiding judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, ahead of any other candidate including the incumbent Najib Mikati.
If able to form a government, Salam will replace Najib Mikati, whose administration has been functioning in a caretaker capacity for over two years. Salam's designation comes without the support ...
After a day of consultations between Aoun and legislators, Salam got the backing of 84 deputies, while outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati received nine votes. Thirty-four legislators from the ...
BEIRUT — New Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will begin parliamentary consultations Monday over designating a prime minister to form a government that will have to face major challenges in the ...