Pro-Syrian Politician Named Lebanese PM
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President Emile Lahoud on Thursday appointed staunch pro-Syrian politician Omar Karami to form the next government, replacing billionaire Rafik Hariri in a move that consolidates Syria&#39;s hold on Lebanese politics.
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Lebanon prepares for the funeral of leading anti-Syrian politician Pierre Gemayel who was killed on Tuesday.
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Lebanon prepared to bury anti-Syrian legislator Walid Eido on Thursday, a day after he was killed in a car bomb attack his allies blamed on Damascus.
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A car bomb killed an anti-Syrian lawmaker and at least seven other people in Beirut on Wednesday, less than a week before Lebanon's parliament was due to elect a new president.
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A Lebanese cabinet minister has resigned to protest parliament&#39;s controversial decision to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud.
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A Lebanese opposition leader on Saturday renewed his criticism of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud&#39;s extended term, a day after a close supporter was wounded in a car bombing regarded as a warning not to upset Lebanon&#39;s Damascus-backed establishment.
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The leader of Lebanon's governing coalition has accused Syria of seeking to drag out the political limbo surrounding the election of a new president.
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BEIRUT - Lebanonâs pro-Syria prime minister-elect warned against expecting miracles as he started talks on Friday to form a short-lived cabinet amid criticism from Washington that his appointment showed up Damascusâ âinappropriateâ role.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , left, arrives at the the presidential palace to submit his resignation to President Emil Lahoud Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004.
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Lebanon&#39;s parliament voted overwhelmingly Friday to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud, despite a UN Security Council resolution warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon.
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Lebanon&#39;s President Emile Lahoud held consultations with parliament today before naming a new prime minister to form a cabinet that faces tough economic and diplomatic tasks.
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Anti-Syrian Lebanese MP among at least four people killed in Beirut explosion, according to reports.
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Lebanese opposition leaders on Tuesday  bluntly implicated Syria in the assassination of former Prime  Minister Rafik al-Hariri, with mourners taking out their anger  on Syrian workers in the former prime minister's hometown.
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BEIRUT : A Lebanese minister who resigned recently in a dispute over Syria&#39;s domination of the country, was wounded when his car was targeted by a bomb in Beirut, a source at the American University of Beirut hospital said.
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Syria joined other Arab nations Saturday in endorsing the head of Lebanon's army as that country's next president, putting pressure on the Lebanese opposition to drop demands that have blocked a compromise over the post.
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BEIRUT -- The funeral for an anti-Syrian lawmaker killed by a car bomb swelled yesterday to tens of thousands of mourners, who angrily blamed the Damascus government and its ally Hezbollah for the latest political killing in Lebanon.
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Abbas El Fassi, a longtime government minister and the leader of a secular political party in Morocco, has been named prime minister in the North African kingdom, officials said Wednesday.