Saad Hariri
A nun takes pictures as Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope invites Lebanese Christians to Vatican for peace prayer

By Nicole Winfield May. 30, 2021 07:45 AM EDT

An anti-government protester holds lit flares while shouting slogans during a protest against the rising prices and worsening economic and financial conditions, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 12, 2021. Lebanon’s parliament on Friday approved a $246 million loan from the World Bank that would provide cash assistance for more than 160,000 families in the small country hit by an unprecedented economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. The Arabic on the wall reads "All means all." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Lebanese parliament approves World Bank loan to help poor

By Bassem Mroue Mar. 12, 2021 11:56 AM EST

A protester waves a Lebanese flag near burning tires set to block a main highway, during a protest in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 8, 2021. The dayslong protests intensified Monday amid a crash in the local currency, increase of consumer goods prices and political bickering between rival groups that has delayed the formation of a new government. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanon's army chief warns economic crisis is hurting troops

By Bassem Mroue Mar. 08, 2021 09:00 AM EST

An anti-government protesters burns tires to block a road, during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Scattered protests broke out in different parts of Lebanon Tuesday after the Lebanese pound hit a record low against the dollar on the black market, a sign of the country's multiple crises deepening with no prospects for a new Cabinet in the near future. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Lebanon's president wants investigation into currency crash

Mar. 03, 2021 11:55 AM EST

Protesters set burning tires on fire to block a highway that leads to Beirut's international airport, during a protest against against the economic and financial crisis, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The Lebanese pound has hit a record low against the dollar on the black market as the country's political crisis deepens and foreign currency reserves dwindle further. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Protests in Lebanon as local currency hits record low

By Bassem Mroue Mar. 02, 2021 09:53 AM EST

A Lebanese army soldier stand guards outside the building of Tripoli municipality that was set on fire by protesters Thursday night, during a protest against deteriorating living conditions and strict coronavirus lockdown measures, in Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Tense calm in northern Lebanese city after violent clashes

By Fadi Tawil Jan. 29, 2021 09:45 AM EST

A cat sits next to a homeless woman sleeping on the Mediterranean Sea corniche in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, July 19, 2020. Lebanon should quickly form a reform-minded government to carry out badly needed reforms to help get the tiny country out of its severe economic crisis where the Real GDP growth is projected to contract nearly 20% in 2020 and a crash in local currency led to triple-digit inflation rates, the World Bank said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
World Bank warns of 'prolonged depression' in Lebanon

By Bassem Mroue Dec. 01, 2020 05:17 AM EST

The sun sets behind the Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, after a knife attack took place on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. An attacker armed with a knife killed at least three people at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice, prompting the prime minister to announce that France was raising its security alert status to the highest level. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
The Latest: Prosecutor: attacker not on intelligence radar

Oct. 29, 2020 08:54 AM EDT

In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, left, meets with Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. Adib has resigned Saturday amid a political impasse over government formation, nearly a month after he was appointed to the job. The announced by Adib deals a blow to French President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to break a dangerous stalemate in the crisis-hit country. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Government via AP)
Lebanese nominated premier resigns, in blow to Macron plan

By Zeina Karam Sep. 26, 2020 06:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2020 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron, left, smiles as he meets Lebanon's President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. In a televised address Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, Aoun warned that the crisis-hit country could be going to “hell” if a new government is not formed. An initiative led by Macron called for a Lebanese government of independent specialists that was to be formed by Sept. 15. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP, File)
Lebanese president warns of 'hell' if no new gov't formed

By Zeina Karam Sep. 21, 2020 10:31 AM EDT

Workers repair water tanks and damaged apartments overlooking the site of the Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Diplomat poised to become PM-designate in crisis-hit Lebanon

Aug. 31, 2020 03:21 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 23, 2020, file photo, Lebanese Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti, speaks during a news conference with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, following their meeting at the Lebanese foreign ministry in Beirut, Lebanon. Hitti resigned on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, becoming the first Cabinet minister to defect from his post amid the severe economic and financial crisis striking the country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
Lebanese foreign minister quits over lack of will to reform

By Zeina Karam Aug. 03, 2020 04:19 AM EDT

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, and his Lebanese counterpart Nassif Hitti, hold a news conference following their meeting at the Lebanese foreign ministry in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July. 23, 2020. Le Drian met with Lebanon's president Thursday at the start of his two-day visit to the Mediterranean country that is witnessing the worst economic crisis of its modern history. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
French foreign minister: IMF only way out of Lebanon crisis

By Sarah El Deeb Jul. 23, 2020 04:12 AM EDT

Police use their water cannon to extinguish a shop that was set on fire by protesters during an anti-government protest in Beirut, Lebanon, early Friday, June 12, 2020. Lebanon's prime minister held an emergency Cabinet meeting Friday, hours after demonstrators shut roads across the country with burning tires in renewed nationwide protests spurred by a plunging national currency and economic crisis. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese fear currency will further tumble despite promises

By Sarah El Deeb Jun. 12, 2020 01:28 PM EDT

Anti-government protesters set a Lebanese internal security forces vehicle on fire in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Hundreds took part in the funeral of a young man killed in riots overnight in Tripoli that were triggered by the crash of Lebanon's national currency that sent food prices soaring. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Lebanese PM says Cabinet will seek IMF financial assistance

By Zeina Karam And Sarah El Deeb Apr. 30, 2020 01:37 PM EDT

Anti-government protesters set fire to block roads during a protest against the deepening financial crisis, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Hundreds of protesters in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli set fire Tuesday to two banks and hurled stones at soldiers, who responded with tear gas and batons in renewed clashes triggered by an economic crisis spiraling out of control amid a weeks-long virus lockdown. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Riots in crisis-hit Lebanon reflect growing poverty, despair

By Bassam Hatoum And Bilal Hussein Apr. 28, 2020 06:00 AM EDT