With the fall of Assad in December, the election of Aoun and Salam in Lebanon marks the second dramatic political shift in ...

A key opportunity lies in Mediterranean natural gas deposits, which could provide economic relief and energy security for ...

Choice of UN court's Nawaf Salam underlines major power shift among sectarian factions in Beirut since Iran-backed Shiite ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group Hezbollah, ...

Analysts, however, said Salam and Aoun have a unique opportunity. The collapse of the al-Assad regime, a constant meddler in ...

Hezbollah, one of Lebanon's most powerful political players, has been significantly weakened by its conflict with Israel.

As Lebanon will move to fill the presidential vacancy left unoccupied since 2022 on Thursday, the Hezbollah-endorsed candidate has dropped out with the odds favoring Joseph Aoun, leader of the ...

Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a 60-year-old career soldier who kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group ...

Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing the diminished sway of the Iran-backed ...

Lebanon's Nawaf Salam to Be Designated PM, Angering Hezbollah By Laila Bassam and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese ...

BEIRUT - The Iran-backed Hezbollah group postponed an appointment with President Joseph Aoun on Monday at which it was due to ...

Hezbollah Lawmaker Says Lebanese Opponents Are Working to Exclude the Group BEIRUT (Reuters) - Senior Hezbollah lawmaker ...