Under multi-confessional Lebanon's power-sharing system, the president must be a Maronite Christian, as do military chiefs.

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday, two ...

Najib Mikati’s visit, the first in 15 years, comes amid pressure in Lebanon to release Islamists imprisoned during the civil ...

Lebanon and Syria will work together to secure their land borders, as well as to delineate both land and sea borders, ...

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Wednesday voiced optimism over the election of a new president in Thursday’s electoral session. “Today, for the first time since the presidential vacuum ...

Lebanon's Prime Minister Ziad Makary will ... "There will be a visit to Syria soon, headed by Prime Minister (Najib) Mikati," Ziad Makary told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

The transitional government under Prime Minister Najib Mikati, however, only has limited powers and has been unable to overcome Lebanon's political and economic problems. The election is taking ...

Beirut: Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati today called for a complete and final halt to Israeli violations of Lebanese territory, full deployment of Lebanese army across all southern ...

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati demanded a clear timetable Monday for completing Israel’s withdrawal from south Lebanon before a 60-day deadline expires, emphasizing that any talk ...

The Lebanese information minister said Tuesday that a government delegation, headed by Prime Minister Najib ... of Lebanon, Syria and the region. Al-Sharaa had extended an invitation to Mikati ...

Caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati is to visit Damascus "soon", the information minister said on Tuesday -- the first such visit since Islamist-led rebels seized power in Syria last month. "There ...

Lebanon's prime minister is to visit Damascus ... "There will be a visit to Syria soon, headed by Prime Minister (Najib) Mikati," Ziad Makary told reporters after a cabinet meeting.