Lebanon's new president has asked prominent diplomat and jurist Nawaf Salam to form the country's new government after Salam was named prime minister by a large number of legislators Monday. The ...

New Lebanese president Joseph Aoun designated Salam, currently overseas, as prime minister on Monday evening, after he secured 85 votes from parliament’s 128 lawmakers.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam formed a new cabinet made up of specialized and clean-handed ministers, ending past dominance by Hezbollah and its allies, with the mission of introducing ...

The prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim according to Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system which parcels out state positions on the basis of religious affiliation, with the presidency going ...

Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam formed a new cabinet made up of specialized and clean-handed ministers, ending past dominance by Hezbollah and its allies, with the mission of introducing ...

Now chosen as Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam is a distinguished Lebanese diplomat, jurist, and academic with a long-standing career in international law and diplomacy.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president has asked prominent diplomat and jurist Nawaf Salam to form the country’s new government after Salam was named prime minister by a large number of ...