Lebanon's Mikati named PM, urges action to secure IMF deal

Billionaire Mikati is commissioned to form government in Lebanon after years of crisis

Sunni leader urges confessional parties to stop disputes in order to save country from ruin with international aid

Lebanese billionaire Mikati picked to form new government

Lebanon's lawmakers designated incumbent Prime Minister Najib Mikati to form a new government Thursday, more than a month after parliamentary elections that yielded no clear majority.

Lebanon Mikati named PM, urges action to secure IMF deal

Lebanon's Najib Mikati was named Prime Minister on Thursday, urging fractious politicians to set aside differences to secure an IMF deal which he said was the only chance to save the country from fi...

Incumbent Lebanese PM keeps post as economic crisis deepens

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati won the support of more than 50...

Lebanon’s Mikati named PM, faces tough path to cabinet

BEIRUT: Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati was designated on Thursday to form a new government, but faces a politically difficult path to agree a new cabinet as the country’s devastating financial crisis festers. The Sunni Muslim billionaire was nominated premier for a fourth time after securing the support of 54 of parliament’s 128 lawmakers, including the Iran-backed Shiite Muslim party Hezbollah, in consultations convened by Presi…

Lebanon’s Najib Mikati nominated as PM for fourth time, but faces tough path to cabinet

Najib Mikati was nominated premier for a fourth time after securing the support of 54 of parliament’s 128 lawmakers in consultations convened by Lebanese President Michel Aoun