Though Lebanon’s presidency is mostly symbolic, it has a few important powers, like approving prime ministers and cabinets. In a country still haunted by the memory of civil war, symbolism is ...

Lebanon's lawmakers elected on Thursday army chief Joseph Aoun as president after a two-year vacancy of the position, in a ...

The Lebanese army has begun deploying to the coastal town of Naqoura following the withdrawal of Israeli troops as part of a ...

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 outcome showed the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group after its devastating war with Israel.

Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than ...

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

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

Lebanon has been without a president for over two years due to infighting among the country's political class, but Joseph ...

The second Qatar-Iran joint security committee meeting took place in Tehran on the same day as the foreign ministers of both ...

Lebanon’s parliament convened Thursday to make yet another effort to elect a president, filling a vacuum that's lasted for ...

The U.S.-brokered talks, which have been deadlocked for months, involve Biden administration and Trump transition officials ...