Four charged with negligence leading to deaths of more than 200 people in August

Political class squabbles over cabinet formation rather than addressing Macron plan

Cases of coronavirus top 100,000 as police patrol streets to ensure compliance

Clashes erupt in Beirut after president’s nominee secures narrow backing of parliament

Good-humoured protests a year ago soon turned fractious – and then tragedy struck

Mustapha Adib must satisfy international donors and also deal with warring camps

Century after France created Lebanon, president intervention appears to bypass EU

Four low-ranking members of the Shia Muslim Hezbollah political party are accused of killing the former prime minister and 21 others in a massive bombing in 2005

Names of victims read aloud at demonstration near site of explosion that killed at least 171

Michel Aoun says cause of Beirut explosion that killed more than 150 is still unknown

Beirut blasts convince more and more that they live in a failed state

As Emmanuel Macron promises aid will not go to corrupt hands, locals say ruling class’s credibility is finished

Devastating blast will widen political divisions and send many more into poverty

The country is on its knees with unemployment at 30%, power cuts lasting 16 hours a day, and hunger driving many to revolt

New PM Hassan Diab refers to his cabinet as ‘rescue team’ to help avert economic disaster

Demonstrators yell ‘revolution’, hurl stones and steel barriers at police in Beirut

Demonstrators mark start of uprising ’s fourth month and call for big protest on Saturday

Engineering professor Hassan Diab received only slender majority in vote by legislators

Baalbek Letter: Penal charges for internet service push people out on to the streets

Clashes come on the eve of attempts to form a government led by reformists

‘No aid package ... no bailout,’ says US unless any new government ‘capable of reform’

Demonstrators consider ‘shadow government’ as they face rising violence

Choice of veteran politician to head up new government meets with scorn and unrest

Schools shut for third week as political turmoil intensifies amid acute economic crisis

Mainly peaceful rallies in Lebanon contrast with violence and fatalities in Iraq

Revolutionaries calling for non-sectarian, neutral PM in country plagued by corruption

Saad Hariri to step down after two weeks of nationwide mass demonstrations

Michel Aoun makes televised appeal as banks remain closed for seventh day

Daily demonstrations have swollen over the past week, with a quarter of the Lebanese population participating

Protesters determined to carry on for as long as it takes to force corrupt ministers to resign

Demonstrations against mismanagement and corruption prompt action from Hariri

Putin and Clinton among dignitaries at funeral Mass for former president

Loujain al-Hathloul rejected freedom in return for recording statement, says brother

Analysis: Washington’s goal is to shrink Iranian oil exports to zero and to isolate and deny Iran access to international trade

US decision will aid Khalifa Haftar’s attack on UN-recognised government in Tripoli

Saudi Arabia denies leaks that Khashoggi was killed at the consulate

Israel’s education minister responds to poll outcome by saying ‘Hizbullah = Lebanon’

Thousands of Lebanese braved traffic, confusion and chaos to take part in long overdue election

Several ‘firsts’ in the Middle East country’s first parliamentary election in nine years

Sabih al-Masri’s family received Irish passports under the ‘passport for sale’ scheme