The cabinet is now charged with drafting a policy statement and will then need a vote of confidence from Lebanon’s parliament to be fully empowered.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam speaks to the press following the formation of the new government at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon February 8, 2025.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022. President Joseph Aoun announced in a statement that he had accepted the ...

Lebanon's premier named a new government Saturday, the presidency announced, with the weakening of long-dominant Hezbollah following a war with Israel bringing to a close more than two years of ...

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam formed a new government on Saturday, the first since 2022. President Joseph Aoun said in a statement that he had accepted the resignation of former ...

Lebanon’s new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam formed the Mediterranean nation’s first full-fledged government since 2022. Speaking to reporters at the presidential palace on Saturday, Salam said the ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday, following unusually direct U.S. intervention in the process and in a step intended to bring the country closer to accessing ...

Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022.

Lebanon on Saturday formed a new government amid unusually direct US intervention in the process and in a step intended to bring the country closer to accessing reconstruction funds following a ...

War-Torn Lebanon Forms Its First Government in Over 2 Years to End Deadlock BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since ...

Lebanon PM forms new government, pledging reformsThe announcement came after more than three weeks of talks with rival political parties in Lebanon - where government posts are parcelled out ...

Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday, following unusually direct US intervention in the process and in a step intended to bring the country closer to accessing reconstruction funds following a ...