Hariri steps down as prime minister-designate after dispute with president - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Jul 15, 2021

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri prepares to give an address at the government headquarters in the center of the capital, Beirut, on Oct. 18, 2019. — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri prepares to give an address at the government headquarters in the center of the capital, Beirut, on Oct. 18, 2019. — MARWAN TAHTAH/AFP via Getty Images

Senator Chris Murphy, D-CT, speaks during a hearing with the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee to examine the nomination of Miguel A. Cardona,to be Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on Feb. 3, 2021.

Democratic Senators urge government formation in Lebanon

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In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

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State Department sends official to Beirut as stalemate drags on

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French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd-L) and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (3rd-L) meet with UN representatives and NGOs mobilized for the reconstruction of Beirut port, on Sept. 1, 2020. Macron pressed his "risky" drive for political change in Lebanon, as the former French mandate marked its centenary while teetering on the brink of the abyss.

French FM visits Lebanon to send message of ‘great firmness’ to bickering politicians

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French Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Fabius (R) meets Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on November 26, 2013.

Former PM Najib Mikati named Lebanon's prime minister-designate

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