The US has been reportedly hindering efforts aimed at the formation of a new government in Lebanon.

The leader of Iraqi anti-terror Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq resistance group has called for speeding up the formation of the new government, amid an ongoing nearly-year long political stalemate in the country.

Members of Iraq’s Sadr movement have resigned from parliament as the country fails to form a new government nearly eight months after last October’s parliamentary elections.

The Sadrist Movement led by top Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr boycotts talks with all of the country’s political factions about the establishment of a future government.

President Michel Aoun says Lebanon will "get out of hell" following the formation of a new government in the crisis-hit country after a 13-month impasse.

The government of Afghanistan rapidly collapsed on August 15 after a hasty and messy withdrawal of US forces from the country.

The Lebanese premier-designate has reported progress, albeit slow, toward forming a desperately-needed government.