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          Nabih Berri

          The pressure has been on Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to convene a presidential election session and hold successive rounds of voting until a candidate wins. Reuters

          Lebanon wouldn't benefit if the US sanctioned Nabih Berri

          CommentOctober 22, 2024
          Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approves Israeli air strikes on Beirut over the phone from New York on September 27. Reuters

          Israel deceived western mediators on Lebanon ceasefire, sources say

          MENAOctober 05, 2024
          Exchange rates displayed in an Istanbul market. The country's central bank increased interest rates to 50 per cent on Thursday in a surprise move. AP

          Turkey increases interest rates to 50% amid mounting inflationary pressure

          EconomyMarch 21, 2024
          The term of Lebanese army chief General Joseph Aoun is due to expire on January 10. AFP

          Lebanese parliament again delays key vote on army commander

          LebanonDecember 14, 2023
          Lebanon accuses Hannibal Qaddafi of hiding information about the 1978 disappearance of a Lebanese Shiite cleric in Libya. AP

          Libya asks Lebanon to release detained Hannibal Qaddafi

          MENAAugust 15, 2023
          Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri opens the session to elect a president at the parliament building in Beirut on June 14. AP

          Opposition MPs in Lebanon boycott legislative parliamentary session

          LebanonJune 19, 2023
          Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri casts his vote during the sixth parliamentary session to elect a new president of Lebanon, at the Parliament building in Beirut on November 17, 2022. EPA

          Why is Lebanese parliament not meeting to elect new president?

          LebanonMay 05, 2023
          Suleiman Frangieh, leader of the Marada movement. Reuters

          Why have Hezbollah and Amal chosen to back Suleiman Frangieh?

          LebanonMarch 08, 2023
          Suleiman Frangieh has backing from Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, but the two parties do not hold enough parliamentary seats on their own to propel him to power. Reuters

          Hezbollah declares support for Frangieh to be next Lebanese President

          LebanonMarch 06, 2023
          Hussein El Husseini was regarded as the architect of the 1989 Taif Agreement that ended the country's 15-year civil war. AP

          Hussein El Husseini, who brokered Lebanon's peace, dies at 85

          LebanonJanuary 11, 2023
          Lebanon's president Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri, left, and prime minister-designate Najib Mikati, right, in June. AFP

          Lebanon's former president and Speaker in new war of words

          LebanonDecember 30, 2022
          Lebanese President Michel Aoun waves to supporters during a speech outside the presidential palace in Beirut. AP

          Lebanon's parliament session on government's fate will not lead to new president

          LebanonNovember 01, 2022
          Bassam Al Sheikh Hussein joins a protest near Lebanon's parliament in Beirut against a capital controls draft law that protesters say will unfairly penalise depositors and protect Lebanon’s ruling class. AP

          Beirut bank hostage-taker joins protest against capital controls law

          LebanonAugust 30, 2022
          Smoke rises as the northern part of Beirut's grain silos collapses. AFP

          Last section of Beirut port's northern grain silos collapses

          LebanonAugust 23, 2022
          Dust rises as more sections of the grain silos at Beirut's port collapse on Thursday, the second anniversary of the August 4, 2020, explosion at the port that devastated Lebanon's capital. AFP

          More silos collapse as Lebanon marks second anniversary of Beirut explosion

          LebanonAugust 04, 2022
          Lebanon's Speaker Nabih Berri wants parliament to pass reforms needed for an IMF bailout before the end of August. Reuters

          Lebanon Speaker Nabih Berri says no presidential vote until parliament passes reforms

          LebanonJuly 31, 2022
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