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14 January 2025, 15:22

Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam will hold the non-binding consultations for the formation of the new government tomorrow in parliament.

14 January 2025, 15:07

Aoun to Shiite Council delegation: We have big opportunities, there's no time to waste and no obstacles should be put in the face of the government's formation.

14 January 2025, 13:35

Salam said he'll work to extend the state’s authority across Lebanon and achieve justice for the port blast victims and fairness for depositors who lost their money.

14 January 2025, 13:30

Nawaf Salam after meeting Aoun: I'm not an advocate of exclusion but rather unity and my hands are extended to everyone so that no citizen feels marginalized.

14 January 2025, 13:26

Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said.

14 January 2025, 12:35

Speaker Nabih Berri has left the Baabda Palace without making a statement.

14 January 2025, 12:12

PM-designate Nawaf Salam has arrived at the Baabda Palace.

14 January 2025, 12:11

An Israeli drone is overflying Beirut and its suburbs.

14 January 2025, 12:11

Speaker Nabih Berri has arrived at the Baabda Palace to meet with President Joseph Aoun.

14 January 2025, 12:07

Higher Shiite Council deputy head from Baabda: We're confident that President Aoun's term is constructive and Lebanon can't be built on enmities between sects.

14 January 2025, 11:17

French President Macron has hailed the appointment of Salam as PM, hoping that his government would "represent all the diversity of the Lebanese people".

13 January 2025, 18:00

The Presidency has issued a decree appointing Nawaf Salam as PM-designate after he received "84 votes."

13 January 2025, 17:58

Speaker Nabih Berri left the Baabda Palace without making a statement.

13 January 2025, 17:45

Nawaf Salam received 85 votes in the parliamentary consultations to name a new PM, as Mikati received nine votes and 34 MPs refrained from naming anyone.

13 January 2025, 17:43

Speaker Nabih Berri's Development and Liberation bloc said it did not vote for anyone for the PM post.

13 January 2025, 17:14

The Tashnag bloc said it has voted for Nawaf Salam.

13 January 2025, 17:03

Raad: We will monitor the steps with all due wisdom and we will watch their actions for removing Israel from Lebanon and returning the captives.

13 January 2025, 17:02

Hezbollah's bloc did not vote for a PM as Raad said Hezbollah will demand a government that respects the National Pact.

13 January 2025, 16:56

Raad: Once again, some are hoping for fragmentation and exclusion.

13 January 2025, 16:54

Raad: Some are working on intransigence and malice.

13 January 2025, 16:53

Raad after meeting Aoun: We expressed our regret over those who want to harm the presidential tenure's consensual start.

13 January 2025, 16:36

MPs Faisal Karami, Taha Naji, Adnan Trabulsi, Mohammad Yahya and Hassan Mrad said they have voted for Nawaf Salam.

13 January 2025, 16:28

MPs Tony Franjieh, Farid al-Khazen and Melhem Tawk said they did not vote for anyone.

13 January 2025, 16:26

LBCI: Judge Nawaf Salam will leave The Hague at night and will arrive in Beirut tomorrow morning.

13 January 2025, 16:24

Speaker Nabih Berri has arrived at the Baabda Palace.

13 January 2025, 16:23

Nawwaf Salam has so far garnered 68 votes.

13 January 2025, 16:05

Hezbollah's Loyalty to Resistance bloc has arrived at the Baabda Palace to take part in the binding parliamentary consultations.

13 January 2025, 16:00

MPs Ibrahim Kanaan, Alain Aoun and Simon Abi Ramia have voted for Nawaf Salam in the binding parliamentary consultations.

13 January 2025, 15:49

Sources to Al-Arabiya: Hezbollah's bloc might boycott the binding parliamentary consultations.

13 January 2025, 15:48

It has become guaranteed that Nawaf Salam will win more than 64 votes.

13 January 2025, 15:47

The National Moderation bloc said it has voted for Nawaf Salam in the binding parliamentary consultations.

13 January 2025, 15:36

MTV: Hezbollah's bloc reversed its decision on postponing the meeting with Aoun and it is not true that it was the president who rejected the postponement.

13 January 2025, 15:34

MP Hussein al-Hajj Hassan to al-Jadeed: Our consultations with the Amal Movement are ongoing and we're still present at the bloc's headquarters.