Lebanon's president Thursday said the country's next cabinet should include ministers picked on skills, not political affiliation, seemingly endorsing a demand by a two-week-old protest movement for a technocratic government.

Lebanon president calls for merit-based government, in nod to protesters

Demonstrators kept up their roadblocks across Lebanon on Thursday, as their unprecedented protest movement demanding systemic political change entered its third week.

Roads blocked in Lebanon as protests enter third week

Saad al-Hariri is ready to return as prime minister of a new government, a senior official familiar thinking said, on condition it includes technocrats and be capable of quickly implementing reforms needed to stave off economic collapse.

Hariri ready to be Lebanese Prime Minister again but with conditions: Report

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged Iraqis and Lebanese on Wednesday to seek their demands within the framework of the law after waves of protests rocked the two countries.

Khamenei urges Iraqis, Lebanese to seek demands within law

By Mira Assaf Kafantaris Religion has shaped Lebanon since it gained independence from France in 1943. In this multicultural country of Muslims, Christians and Druze – a medieval faith derived from Islam – religion defines membership and belonging.

Lebanon uprising unites people across faiths, defying deep sectarian divides

Some major highways in Lebanon reopened on Wednesday after the army urged protesters to lift roadblocks so that activities could return to normal following 13 days of demonstrations that paralysed the country and forced the prime minister to resign.

Major roads reopen in Lebanon after prime minister resigns

Lebanese soldiers and security officials urged protesters to open blocked roads on Wednesday so life could return to normal after 13 days demonstrations paralysed the country and forced the prime minister to resign.

Lebanese army urges protesters to open roads after prime minister's resignation

Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri is likely to resign, two official sources said on Tuesday, amid unprecedented protests against a ruling elite many accuse of corruption and leading Lebanon towards economic collapse unseen since the 1975-90 civil war.

Lebanese PM Saad al-Hariri likely to resign amid protests: Sources

Protesters formed a human chain across Lebanon on Sunday, pressing a historic wave of demonstrations against political leaders blamed for corruption and steering the country towards economic collapse.

With Lebanon in deadlock, protesters form human chain

Demonstrators formed a human chain across Lebanon as part of ongoing anti-government protests.

Lebanon protests: People form a human chain

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it is assessing an emergency reform package announced by Lebanon's government last week and stressed reforms should be implemented urgently given the country's high debt levels and fiscal deficits.

IMF stresses urgency of reforms in Lebanon to restore economic stability

Protesters In Lebanon Are Keeping Their Spirits High Even As The Impasse Continue Lebanon is witnessing an unprecedented protest.

Gravitas: Unique Moments From Lebanon Protests

Lebanese President Michel Aoun broke his silence after a week of unprecedented protests on Thursday, expressing willingness to meet demonstrators. "I am ready to meet your representatives.

Lebanese president says willing to meet protesters

Protests seem to have gripped parts of the world. From over hundreds getting killed in Iraq to the ongoing unrest in Hong Kong that has seen many face the brunt of tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons - the nature of resistance against the establishment could differ but the underlying sentiment of dissent remains at the heart of all protests.

In Lebanon, protesters ditch rioting and turn revolution into rave

Season of discontent: A look at protests across the world

Lebanon's cabinet approved a reform package on Monday (October 21) that includes halving ministers' wages among other reforms in a bid to ease an economic crisis and defuse the biggest protests against the ruling elite in decades.

Lebanon: PM Saad Al-Hariri cuts his own salary by 9%

Lebanon approved an emergency reform package on Monday in response to protests over dire economic conditions, but the moves did not go far enough to persuade demonstrators to leave the streets or investors to halt a plunge in its bonds.

Facing protests, Lebanon approves emergency economic reforms

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri agreed on Sunday a package of reforms with government partners to ease an economic crisis that has sparked protests aimed at ousting a ruling elite seen as riddled with corruption and cronyism.

Lebanon's Hariri agrees to reforms amid nationwide protests over economic crisis

Lebanese protesters were expected to return to the streets for a fifth day Monday, with Prime Minister Saad Hariri holding a cabinet meeting to try to calm the unprecedented demonstrations.

Lebanon cabinet set for key meeting as protests swell

Lebanese government agrees to put reforms in action after protests

Tens of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets for a fourth day Sunday to protest political stasis and corruption, as the government was rocked by the resignation of a coalition partner.

Tens of thousands demonstrate again as Lebanon's government frays

Lebanese demonstrators prepared for the fourth day of anti-government protests on Sunday, directing rage at a political elite they blame for entrenched cronyism and economic difficulties.

Lebanese protesters gather early to keep pressure on government

Security forces fired tear gas and chased down protesters in Beirut on Friday after tens of thousands of people across Lebanon marched to demand the demise of a political elite they accuse of looting the economy to the point of collapse.

Protests sweep Lebanon as fury at ruling elite grows over economic corruption

Hundreds gathered in Lebanon Saturday for the third day of protests against tax increases and alleged official corruption after the security forces made dozens of arrests.

Hundreds gather in Lebanon for fresh protests

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