Najib Mikati said he had embarked on a series of contacts to tackle the government gridlock and resume the cabinet sessions
Lebanese politics
Latest in Lebanese politics
Bahaa Hariri
Bahaa Hariri calls for urgent ‘non-sectarian’ action to save Lebanon from collapse
According to the latest World Bank Lebanon Economic Monitor (LEM), the economic and financial crisis is likely to rank in the top three most severe crises episodes globally since the mid-nineteenth century
Bahaa Hariri
Why Lebanon ‘is on the brink’
One year on from the Beirut blast, in an impassioned, exclusive letter, Bahaa Hariri, the son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, lambasts state corruption as even Syrian refugees return home for a better life
Bahaa Hariri
Can Lebanon’s economic ruin be reversed? Bahaa Hariri is counting on it
Billionaire businessman is backing radical citizens’ movement but says he has no plans to become PM
ammonium nitrate explosion
Video: Change is needed in Lebanon, says parliament member
Yassine Jaber, chair of the foreign affairs committee and member of Lebanon Parliament, discusses Lebanon’s government stepping down amid a public demand for responsibility over an explosion in Beirut’s port, the possibility of political change in the country and what the political priorities should be.
Beirut
In pictures: Lebanese protesters spilled back into the streets
On Tuesday morning, dozens of protesters blocked key highways in and around Beirut with overturned rubbish bins and burning tyres.
Arab politicians
‘Our systems are a huge failure’ – Lebanese director Nadine Labaki talks politics
Award-winning director calls on artists to get more involved in the political world