Lebanon says parliamentary consultations on choosing a new prime minister will begin next week.

Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Hariri says he has quit the task of forming a new government, nine months after taking up the challenge.

More than a dozen people have been injured as Lebanese protesters clashed with security forces in major cities, after the national currency plunged to a new record low on the black market.

Lebanese composer Samir Sfeir is released from detention in Saudi Arabia, where he was behind bars for 50 days because of opinions expressed online in support of Lebanon’s president and Hezbollah resistance movement.

Compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, Lebanon is experiencing its worst economic crisis in decades.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri says the country could sink like the Titanic if no government is formed in the next two months.

There was no agreement on a new Lebanese government after a meeting on Monday between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri.

Lebanon’s Hariri says the only way to stop the country’s economy from total collapse is to form a cabinet that can re-engage with the IMF.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun calls on Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to make way for someone else if he is unable to form a government.

Lebanon is experiencing its worst economic crisis in decades, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.