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IMF welcomed Prime Minister Nawaf Salam's request to support the country's economic crisis [Getty]
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IMF welcomes new Lebanon govt request for help on ailing economy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed support for Lebanon’s new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam as it seeks assistance to address economic challenges.

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14 March, 2025
Newly elected Lebanese president Joseph Aoun delivers a speech at the parliament building in Beirut on January 9, 2025. Lebanon's lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on January 9, after a two-year vacancy of the position, in a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial crisis.
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Lebanon names new army chief, strengthens state authority

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13 March, 2025
Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam walks among Lebanese army soldiers as he visits the southern village of Khiyam near the border with Israel, on February 28, 2025. (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanon PM visits the south as Israel kills Hezbollah operative

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28 February, 2025
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Hezbollah backs new Lebanese government ahead of confidence vote

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26 February, 2025
Israeli army withdraws from southern Lebanon, leaving behind massive
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Qatar offers $100 million Lebanon rebuild after Israel carnagage

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Lebanon's newly formed government convenes ahead of confidence vote
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Lebanon scraps 'armed resistance' from new govt policy statement

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18 February, 2025
Vehicles of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese Army deploying in Lebanon's southern village of Adaisseh
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Lebanese army deploys to south as Israel retains five positions

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18 February, 2025
Lebanese security forces remove concrete blocs that used to block the roads leading to the government's headquarters and the parliament building since October 2019 in central Beirut, on February 13, 2025. (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanon reopens Beirut downtown roads closed since 2019 uprising

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13 February, 2025
Lebanon's newly formed cabinet, led by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam (center-right), poses for a group photo along with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (center-left) and cabinet members in Beirut [Getty]
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Lebanon's new government holds first cabinet meeting

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11 February, 2025
Lebanon's new prime minister-designate Nawaf Salam delivers a statement at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on January 14, 2025.
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Who are some of Lebanon's new ministers?

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08 February, 2025
Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam speaks to press after his meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at Baabda Palace on February 5, 2025, as part of efforts to form a new government. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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New Lebanon cabinet announced as PM vows to implement reforms

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08 February, 2025
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) meets with U.S. President Donald Trump's Deputy Special Representative for the Middle East, Morgan Ortagus (L) at the Baabda Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on February 07, 2025
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From Lebanon, Ortagus thanks Israel for 'defeating Hezbollah'

The New Arab Staff
07 February, 2025
Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan in Qatar
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Qatar PM in Beirut as Lebanon files UN complaint over Israel

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04 February, 2025
Saudi Arabia's top diplomat landed in Beirut on Thursday to meet the country's new leaders [TNA]
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Prince Faisal in first Saudi FM Lebanon visit in over a decade

The New Arab Staff
23 January, 2025
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Will victims finally get justice as Beirut blast probe resumes?

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22 January, 2025
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Lebanon cabinet to be formed 'before 26 Jan ceasefire deadline'

The New Arab Staff
18 January, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Lebanese President Joseph Auon (R) hold a joint press conference at Baabda Palace on January 17, 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon. (Photo by Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Macron in Beirut, announces aid conference to rebuild Lebanon

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17 January, 2025
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Are we finally seeing a post-Hezbollah Lebanon?

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15 January, 2025
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Lebanon: Nawaf Salam kicks off gov formation talks amid boycotts

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15 January, 2025
Judges of the War Crimes Court (back row, L-R) El Hadji Malick, Teresa Doherty, Julia Sebutinde (chairwoman) and Richard Lussick take place for the start of former Liberian president Charles Taylor's trial 04 June 2007, in The Hague.
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'Pro-Israel judge' to replace Lebanon's Nawaf Salam as ICJ head

The New Arab Staff
15 January, 2025
Macron will visit Lebanon after the election of a new president and appointment of a prime minister in the past week
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Macron to visit Lebanon on Friday following PM appointment

The New Arab Staff
14 January, 2025