The Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, arrives to meet President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on Feb. 7, 2025. (Credit: Emilie Madi/Reuters)
"We finally have a government, but now everything still needs to be done," said Tony, a resident of Achrafieh who describes himself as politically unaffiliated to any of Lebanon's parties. After more than three weeks of intense negotiations and mounting international pressure, particularly from the United States, the 23 names of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s Cabinet were revealed on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, after hopes were dashed multiple times earlier in the week. Read more Political anatomy of the Salam government Expectations are running high, given the immense challenges facing the country, still deeply entrenched in a multidimensional crisis and struggling to recover from the nearly 14-month conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. "We have to wait to see the actions of this new government before judging anything. As often,...
"We finally have a government, but now everything still needs to be done," said Tony, a resident of Achrafieh who describes himself as politically unaffiliated to any of Lebanon's parties. After more than three weeks of intense negotiations and mounting international pressure, particularly from the United States, the 23 names of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s Cabinet were revealed on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, after hopes were dashed multiple times earlier in the week. Read more Political anatomy of the Salam government Expectations are running high, given the immense challenges facing the country, still deeply entrenched in a multidimensional crisis and struggling to recover from the nearly 14-month conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. "We have to wait to see the actions of this new government before judging anything. As...
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