Lebanese government resignation

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Gadi Eisenkot attends a conference at the Academic College in Tel Aviv, January 6, 2026.
 Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, gather as they carry flags, marking the commemoration of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in Adaisseh village near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, May 25, 2022.

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Former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon October 12, 2020

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FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020

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Under the French roadmap, the new government would take steps to tackle corruption and implement reforms needed to trigger billions of dollars of international aid.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun is seen in Baabda, Lebanon

Gunfire erupts in Lebanese town south of capital, state media says

Last week's clashes in Khaldeh between Sunni Muslims and Shia's, in which a 13-year-old boy was killed, had prompted a flurry of contacts among Lebanese politicians.

Mourners hold the body of a boy who died during Thursday's clashes, during his funeral in Khaldeh, Lebanon August 28, 2020.

Two dead in clashes south of Lebanese capital

The Lebanese army and the security source said gunfire was exchanged.

A DEMONSTRATOR looks on during protests in Lebanon that followed a massive explosion in Beirut last Tuesday.

Lebanese MPs meet for first time since blast, US envoy due in Beirut

Senior US official David Hale is expected in Beirut later on Thursday to stress the urgent need for financial and governance reforms, ending endemic corruption and bringing transparency.

The Beirut Port after Tuesday’s explosion that killed at least 157 and wounded more than 5,000

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Lebanon must be considered a failed state, going back to the 1989 Taif agreement to end the civil war.

FIREWORKS ARE set off in front of police officers during anti-government protests on Monday in response to the massive explosion in Beirut, the previous week.

Lebanese prime minister announces resignation of government

"Today we follow the will of the people in their demand to hold accountable those responsible for the disaster that has been in hiding for seven years, and their desire for real change."

A demonstrator waves the Lebanese flag in front of riot police during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, August 8, 2020