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Lebanon

Lebanese Sunni leader Saad Hariri, walks after being named Lebanon’s new prime minister at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, October 22. (REUTERS)

Under US pressure, Hariri is Lebanon’s PM of expediency

Lebanon

Saad Hariri (C) arrives at the office of President Michel Aoun, after the latter appointed him to form a new cabinet, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut, on October 22. (AFP)

Hariri named PM, pledges ‘mission’ to enact reforms

MENA

A Lebanese man walks past a store, put up for sale, in the northern city of Tripoli. (AFP)

IMF sees across-the-board recession in MENA region

Lebanon

Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, meets with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, October 16. (AP)

US Embassy in Beirut rejects spin on Aoun-Schenker meeting

Lebanon

A woman protester wears a protective mask bearing the inscription “Thawra” (Revolution), May 1, in Beirut. (REUTERS)

A year on, Lebanon’s uprising yields gains but also setbacks

Lebanon

Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the presidential palace in Baabda, October 12. (AFP)

Aoun postpones Lebanese cabinet talks

Lebanon

Anti-government protesters stand in front of soldiers on a highway as they carry placards in Arabic that read “your salary has become $180,” referring to the minimum wage in Lebanon in the town of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

Diab warns ending subsidies would lead to ‘social explosion‘

Lebanon

A Lebanese anti-government protester sits on the rooftop of ‘The Egg’ buidling overlooking the Mohammed al-Amin mosque and the Martyrs square in Beirut, in November 2019. (AFP)

A year on, Lebanon is slow to change but activists hopeful

Opinion

Signs bearing names of cities are pictured in Naqoura, near the Lebanese-Israeli border, southern Lebanon October 13. (REUTERS)

Naqoura talks a step towards normalcy, not normalisation