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Pope meets with Lebanon’s PM-designate, urges end of crises

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In this photo released by Lebanese government, Lebanese Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri, speaks to journalists after his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March. 22, 2021. Talks on the formation of a new Cabinet in Lebanon collapsed Monday, heralding more economic and financial collapse for the small Arab country. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP)

Cabinet talks in Lebanon break down, heralding more collapse

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Cars are caught in a traffic jam as protesters block a main road that links the Lebanese capital Beirut to the southern suburbs, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon president to PM designate: Form Cabinet now or quit

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, May 8, 2016 file photo, Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, center, leader of Lebanon's parliamentary majority, waves to his supporters after he voted at a polling station during the municipal elections in Beirut, Lebanon. An explosion occurred earlier in June 2020 near the convoy of former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri when he was on a visit in a mountainous region in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, a Saudi-owned TV station reported Sunday, June 28. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Missile hit near convoy of ex-Lebanon PM Hariri, report says

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Lebanese President Michel Aoun, center, meets with Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab, right, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, left, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

New government in crisis-hit Lebanon, but protests continue

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, newly-assigned Lebanese Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, left, meets with outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. Diab said he plans to form a government of experts and independents to deal with the country's crippling economic crisis. Diab spoke to reporters Friday, following a meeting with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, a day after he was asked by the president to form the country's next government. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

New Lebanon PM meets with parliamentarians on road ahead

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Newly-assigned Lebanese Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, gestures to journalists after arriving to his home following his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Lebanon’s new PM says he plans a government of experts

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Newly-assigned Lebanese Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, center, greets journalists upon his arrival to meet with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. Michel Aoun named Diab as prime minister after a day of consultations with lawmakers in which he gained a simple majority of the 128-member parliament. Sixty-nine lawmakers, including the parliamentary bloc of the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements as well as lawmakers affiliated with President Michel Aoun gave him their votes. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah-backed professor to form new government in Lebanon

By SARAH EL DEEB and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Lebanese Government, Lebanon's outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri, right, meets with Samir Khatib, the head of a major contracting and construction and once considered a favorite candidate for the post of Prime Minister, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

Lebanon’s caretaker PM no longer candidate for post

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters remove the fences that was divided between them and the riot police, during a protest near the parliament square, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. Lebanese security forces fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters for a second straight day, ending what started as a peaceful rally in defiance of the toughest crackdown on anti-government demonstrations in two months. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

3rd night of clashes as Lebanon puts off talks on new PM

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2019 file photo, supporters of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah hold his pictures and waves Hezbollah flags in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Iranian-backed Hezbollah built a reputation among supporters in Lebanon as a champion of the poor and a defender of the country against Israel's much more powerful military. Lebanon’s protests have shown unusual overt anger at the country’s powerhouse, Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah insists on a coalition government

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Resigned Lebanese Prime Minister Saad, right, arrives to attend a military parade to mark the 76th anniversary of Lebanon's independence from France at the Lebanese Defense Ministry, in Yarzeh near Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Lebanon's top politicians attended the military parade, appearing for the first time since the government resigned amid nationwide protests now in their second month. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon’s FM calls for emergency government of experts

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Lebanese Government, Lebanon's outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri, right, meets with Samir Khatib, the head of a major contracting and construction and once considered a favorite candidate for the post of Prime Minister, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

Main Lebanon PM candidate withdraws from consideration

By OMAR AKOUR - Associated Press

Syrian refugees who will stay in Lebanon wave goodbye to their relatives in a bus that will take them home to Syria, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Hundreds of Syrian refugees have returned home in the first batch to leave Lebanon since protests broke out in the country more a month ago. Lebanon is hosting about 950,000 registered Syrian refugees according to the U.N. refugee agency. The government estimates the true number of Syrian refugees in the country at 1.5 million. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon’s outgoing PM backs businessman to replace him

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

A supporter of Lebanese President Michel Aoun holds up his picture with Arabic that read &quot;Because you are our dignity,&quot; as Lebanese republican guards stand guard during a protest near the presidential palace in the Beirut suburb of Baabda, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Dozens of people are marching to show their support for Aoun and his proposed political reforms that come after more than five weeks of widespread anti-government demonstrations. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

In Lebanon, financial collapse and security concerns loom

By BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

File - In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, file photo, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks during an address to the nation in Beirut, Lebanon. Hariri says he is withdrawing his candidacy for the premiership nearly a month after he resigned and amid ongoing protests and a severe economic and financial crisis. In a statement, Hariri calls on Michel Aoun to quickly hold consultations with heads of parliamentary blocks to name a new Prime Minister. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Outgoing Lebanese PM withdraws candidacy for post

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Student protesters wave national flags as they protest against the government in front of the education ministry in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Lebanese protesters are rallying outside state institutions and ministries to keep up the pressure on officials to form a new government to deal with the country's economic crisis. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Outgoing Lebanese PM says talks underway on new Cabinet

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A Lebanese army soldier, center, is overcome by emotions during scuffles between anti-government protesters and Lebanese army soldiers during a protest in the town of Jal el-Dib north of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Lebanese troops have moved in to open several major roads in Beirut and other cities, scuffling in some places with anti-government protesters who had blocked the streets for the past week. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanese president vows reforms as protests engulf country

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters shout slogans in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. Tens of thousands of Lebanese protesters of all ages gathered Sunday in major cities and towns nationwide, with each hour bringing hundreds more people to the streets for the largest anti-government protests yet in four days of demonstrations. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Protesters remain despite Lebanese PM’s reform package

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters shout slogans in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. Tens of thousands of Lebanese protesters of all ages gathered Sunday in major cities and towns nationwide, with each hour bringing hundreds more people to the streets for the largest anti-government protests yet in four days of demonstrations. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The Latest: Lebanese PM announces sweeping economic reforms

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