Aoun was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need to ...

Lebanon has been through several extended presidential vacancies, with the longest lasting nearly 2 1/2 years between May 2014 and October 2016.

Lebanon's parliament chose the head of the country's armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, a post that's been ...

Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacancy and marking a ...

On October 7, 2023, the decades-long conflict in the region experienced an unprecedented escalation when Hamas and other ...

As the ceasefire deadline looms, Israel's strikes on Hezbollah and hints at extended presence raise questions about ...

Officials fear that the Hezbollah might pick up arms again if the IDF doesn’t withdraw to the agreed-upon points in southern ...

Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to ...

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to ...

The new president has promised to help fight corruption and crack down on smuggling, end impunity for criminals, and work for an independent judiciary.

Lebanon’s parliament has elected its US-backed army chief to be the country’s next president, ending a years-long political ...

The election of army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun garnered rare consensus among the Lebanese, backed by the United States and ...