The Lebanese crisis has entered a new turning point today, after Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri apologized for forming the government, which would deepen the political and economic crisis that the country has been deteriorating for some time.

The following are the most prominent stations that the government formation crisis has gone through since Hariri was assigned to it about 9 months ago.

October 22, 2020:

Assigning Hariri to form the government after he was nominated by 65 deputies.

October 2020 to February 2012:

Multiple consultations between the Prime Minister-designate and President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, on the government formula.

February 12, 2021:

Hariri presents a government lineup of 18 specialist ministers, without any team enjoying a blocking third.

March 17, 2021:

Aoun, in a televised message, gives Hariri the choice between forming a government or an apology.

March 17, 2021:

Hariri responds to Aoun: Either sign government formation decrees or early presidential elections.

May 22, 2021:

Hariri accuses Aoun of violating the constitution and obstructing the formation of the government, to push him to apologize.

May 31, 2021:

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri presents an initiative to form a government of 24 ministers without a blocking third.

June 18, 2021:

Hariri says his priority is to form a government, and an apology remains an option.

- July 13, 2021:

French presidential envoy Patrick Durrell discusses with officials the developments related to the government crisis.

- July 14, 2021:

Hariri meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, and discusses with him the Lebanese crisis.

- July 14, 2021:

Hariri presents to the President of the Republic a government formula of 24 ministers, and Aoun waits for further consultations.

July 15, 2021:

Hariri apologizes for forming the government, accusing the President of the Republic of insisting on his position, and Aoun is quoted as saying, "We will not be able to agree."

- July 15, 2021:

The presidency said that Hariri was not ready to discuss any amendment of any kind, and that his rejection of the principle of agreement regarding the government formation was evidence that he had made a prior decision to apologize.