UN human rights experts and Amnesty warned Tuesday that Lebanese authorities were failing to protect protesters, following attacks on demonstrators by government supporters. The authorities have "failed to adequately protect protesters from violent attacks by others", said a statement...

Lebanon's outgoing prime minister announced Tuesday that he will not head the next government, a move he said aims to expedite the formation a new cabinet in the protest-hit country. Saad Hariri had submitted his administration's resignation on October 29, bowing to popular pressure from a...

Clashes between supporters of Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Saad al-Hariri, and Shi’ite groups Hezbollah and Amal erupted into gunfire in Beirut late on Monday, state news agency NNA reported. The clashes marked the second consecutive night of violence linked to Lebanon’s...

A major Lebanese business group called on Monday for a three-day general strike to press divided politicians to form a government and end a crisis that has brought the economy to a standstill. Lebanon has faced five weeks of protests, fueled by anger at corruption among sectarian...