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

Lebanon's parliament faces a decisive presidential vote amid regional turmoil, with Hezbollah and allies shifting their support away from divisive candidate Suleiman Frangieh to potentially less ...

Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's war with Hezbollah and the toppling of the ...

Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a ...

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Though Lebanon’s presidency is mostly symbolic, it has a few important powers, like approving prime ministers and cabinets.

Joseph Aoun met the threshold for victory in the second round of voting after his rival, a Hezbollah-backed candidate called ...

Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year ...

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

With a nearly unanimous 99 out of 128 votes, the Lebanese parliament elected the head of the army, Gen. Joseph Aoun, as ...

The election marks the first test of Lebanon's power balance since Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah emerged badly pummelled from last year's war with Israel, and since its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was ...