Supporters of Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri stage mass protests at efforts by Hezbollah to form the next government.

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Protests at Hezbollah power move

The victory for the Shiite movement has realigned Lebanon’s combustible politics and set off angry protests.

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Hezbollah Chooses Lebanon’s Next Prime Minister

The candidate of the Shia Islamist movement, Hezbollah, and its allies for the Lebanese premiership wins the backing of a majority of MPs.

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Hezbollah nominee for Lebanon PM

Hezbollah will announce its pick for a new prime minister Monday and won’t be “pressured” by an international tribunal investigating the 2005 killing of a former premier, its leader said Sunday night.

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Hezbollah pledges Lebanese unity

Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt indicates he will back Shia militants Hezbollah in efforts to form a new coalition government.

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Lebanon’s Druze to back Hezbollah

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, says he will seek to lead a new coalition government, despite opposition from the Hezbollah.

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Hariri vows to lead new coalition

Indictments are expected soon from an international tribunal, naming Hezbollah members in the assassination of a former prime minister, Rafik Hariri.

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Hezbollah Vows Defense in Inquiry

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, said his movement would not be intimidated by world reaction to the resignations.

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Hezbollah Defends Actions in Lebanon

Nearly three years after agreeing to a deal ending a tense — at times violent — stalemate, Hezbollah’s leader on Sunday stood by his party’s decision this week to withdraw from Lebanon’s unity government and refused to back Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s bid to stay in power.

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Lebanese government in flux

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah says his group and its allies will not back caretaker Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri.

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Hezbollah oppose Lebanon’s Hariri

Since 2005, Lebanon has weathered more months without an effective government than with one.

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For Lebanese, Crisis Has Become a Way of Life

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is in Washington to meet with President Obama, but he may want to hurry on home: His government collapsed on Wednesday, as 11 Hezbollah ministers resigned their posts. The collapse came after reports that UN tribunal…

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Lebanese Government Collapses

Saudi Arabia proposed an Arab-led military force to destroy Hezbollah, a leaked US diplomatic cable suggests.

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Saudis ‘seek anti-Hezbollah force’

The Obama administration, already struggling to stave off a collapse of Middle East peace talks, is alarmed by unrest in Lebanon, whose own peace is threatened.

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Diplomatic Memo: In Mideast House of Cards, U.S. Views Lebanon as Shaky

The American military reports disclosed by WikiLeaks say Iran trained Iraqi militias and gave them weapons like rockets and bombs.

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Leaked Reports Detail Iran’s Aid for Iraqi Militias