Security forces use tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse demonstrators who railed against expected reappointment of Saad Hariri as PM

Assaults came after more than 130 people injured in Saturday's protests, which were marked by the most violent government crackdown since nationwide demonstrations began

Lebanese security forces fire rubber bullets for first time since protests began in October, injuring at least 46 people in some of the worst violence in recent months

Nasrallah rejects calls to form emergency government of technocrats, two months after Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned amid widespread protests

Postponement comes after Sunni Muslim leaders reach a consensus to back Hariri returning to office, he quit two weeks after widespread demonstrations started in mid-October

Businessman Samir Khatib, put forward as a likely contender, says he was told by grand mufti that religious leaders insist on backing the outgoing premier

A year since military began operation to destroy terror group's attack tunnels and after internal Lebanese woos, Hezbollah still 'plans to attack' Israel, officer says

But proposing Samir Khatib, the head of a major contracting and construction company, sparks spontaneous late-night protests from demonstrators who want to replace ruling elite

US secretary of state says objections to Tehran's influence is the uniting factor in Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran unrest

Supporters and opponents of Lebanese president throw stones, punches at each other as peaceful demonstrations against country's ruling elite turn increasingly violent