Lebanese President Michel Aoun says any activity by Israel in Karish field, which is claimed by Beirut, will be a 'hostile act'

Blast-shaken Beirut goes to polls for first time since financial mismanagement dragged it to brink of failed statehood, yet ruling elite expected to weather public anger

Televised speech by Free Patriotic Movement head Bassil signals unprecedented level of frustration with group, suggests 2006 alliance credited with maintaining peace in jeopardy

Michel Aoun meets with Qatari ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, aiming to ease tense relations with Saudi Arabia and its allies

Nearly a dozen demonstrators enter the Ministry of Social Affairs in Beirut in protest of 'unbearable' conditions, remove a picture of President Michel Aoun

Aoun asserts use of airforce in response to attack on Kiryat Shmona is 'first of its kind since 2006' and 'a flagrant and dangerous violation' of UN resolution that ended 2006 war

French president makes comments at UN-backed donor conference involving around 40 countries and organizations aiming to raise at least $350 million in emergency aid

Facing unprecedented financial meltdown, lawmakers vote to appoint former premier Najib Mikati to position vacated by Saad Hariri after he failed to form a government

Protests flare in Tripoli, sparking clashes with army that Lebanese Red Cross says left at least 19 people wounded; Lebanese pound plunges to new lows on black market

Secretary of State Blinken calls resignation by PM-designate 'disappointing,' raps political class over failure to provide citizens with basic services as economy in free-fall