(Reuters) - Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri says he is now ready to share power with his rivals Hezbollah if that's what it takes to help Lebanon finally form a government after nine months of political deadlock. Linking up with the powerful Shi'ite group would be a sharp turnabout for Hariri and his Future party, a Sunni Muslim group ...

An Iranian diplomat says all recent terrorist attacks in Lebanon serve the interests of Israel. The terrorist elements are being sent by Tel Aviv, said Iran's Ambassador to Beirut Ghazanfar Roknabadi in a Friday meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Al-Manar TV network reported. In the meeting, the two discussed the security ...

At least five people were killed in a powerful explosion, which shook a suburb in south Beirut, a stronghold of the Shiite group Hezbollah, AFP reported citing local officials. According to Lebanese Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, 66 people were wounded in Thursdays blast. He added that the preliminary figures suggest four were killed. The ...

French President Francois Hollande and Saudi King Abdullah on Sunday held talks on escalating tensions in the Middle East, with a focus on Lebanon and Syria, during a visit also aimed at boosting commercial ties. The monarch highlighted a "convergence" of positions between the two countries on several issues, a member of Hollande's entourage said....

Editor's note: Mohamad Chatah, a former Lebanese finance minister, wrote the following open letter last week to Iranian President Hasan Rouhani. Chatah was killed by a car bomb in Beirut Friday before he could gather signatures from members of the Lebanese parliament. Your Excellency, We are taking this exceptional step to address you and other ...

BEIRUT (AP) -- Saudi Arabia has pledged $3 billion to Lebanon to help strengthen the country's armed forces and purchase weapons from France, Lebanon's president said Sunday, calling it the biggest grant ever for the nation's military. Michel Sleiman, who made the surprise announcement in a televised national address, did not provide any further details....

Preparations are under way in Lebanon for the funeral of former minister and opposition figure Mohamad Chatah, who was killed by a car bomb on Friday. He will be buried in the capital Beirut, where the attack took place. Mr Chatah, a Sunni Muslim, was a staunch critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanon's Shia Hezbollah movement that ...

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikatihas condemned the deadly bombing in the capital Beirut, calling for national unity. At least eight people were killed and over 70 others injured after a huge car bomb went off near the headquarters of Lebanons March 14 Alliance and the parliament in the capital, Beirut, on Friday. A senior figure of ...

An Iranian lawmaker has slammed the deadly terrorist attack in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, saying it was masterminded by the Israeli regime. Yesterdays explosion [in Beirut] was yet another act planned by Zionists and supported by Salafis and the March 14 Alliance, Deputy Head of Iran-Lebanon Parliamentary Friendship Group Razi Nouritold IRNA ...

A political analyst says the recent deadly terrorist attack in Beirut raises the speculation that certain regional states led by Saudi Arabia might use Lebanon as the stage for more acts of terror, Press TV reports. It is no secret that the [Persian] Gulf states headed by Saudi Arabia are intervening in Iraq and in Syria through supporting the ...

Several people have reportedly been killed and many others injured after a huge bomb explosion rocked the central part of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. According to Lebanese media reports, a car bomb went off at the headquarters of Lebanons March 14 Alliance and the parliament in central Beirut on Friday, killing at least 5 people and wounding over ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (MNA) Irans ambassador to Lebanon has said Lebanese ex-ministers assassination is in favor of Zionists interests. Mehr News quoted Lebanese daily Elnashra report that Ghazanfar Roknabadi believed assassination of former finance ministry, Mohammad Shatah, as serving Zionists interests. Roknabadi added that the assassins pursued ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Hezbollah resistance group strongly condemned the Friday morning assassination of former treasury minister, Mohammad Chatah, saying that such heinous crime mainly aimed at targeting the stability of Lebanon. The enemies of Lebanon benefit from Chatah's murder, and that this crime is part of a series of crimes and bombings meant to ...

Lebanonwas jolted into a fresh political crisis on Friday after a car bomb in centralBeirutassassinated Mohammad Shatah, a prominent political ally and adviser to former Prime MinistersSaad Haririand Fouad Siniora. Such attacks have been a sad part of Lebanese political culture since the 1970s. The target, timing and location of the attack perhaps ...