Lebanon

Hundreds of Lebanese protested Tuesday as banks and schools closed their doors to public institutions to prevent their employees from entering, in response to a general strike called in their unprecedented popular movement and to protest…

A senior United Nations official in Lebanon has called for a new government to be formed quickly with well-known personalities, adding that such a government would be better placed to seek international aid. "The financial and economic…

Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri said that the supposed Tuesday's parliamentary session was postponed for a week for security reasons.

Hezbollah leader in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah said that political talks were continuing to form a new government and would not discuss it publicly because he wanted to "leave the door open".

A Lebanese bank employees’ union called on bank staff to go on strike from Tuesday because of safety concerns, the president of the Federation of Syndicates of Banks Employees said. George al Hajj said the decision had been taken on Monday…