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

Analysis: Lebanon's politics have been transformed within a week, with Hezbollah losing control of the executive branch after ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 13 failed attempts. Joseph ...

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

The outcome reflected shifts in the power balance in Lebanon and the wider Middle East, with Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah badly pummelled from last year’s war, and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled ...

File Image/Reuters Notably, Hezbollah, which initially supported Suleiman Frangieh, has reportedly signalled ... the recent 14-month war with Israel and the ousting of its ally Bashar al-Assad’s ...

Hezbollah’s earlier candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, withdrew from the race a day ... Its key regional ally, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, was toppled in December, further eroding its support base. In ...

Lebanon’s Parliament chose a U.S.-trained general as president, ending a two-year vacancy in a sign of Hezbollah’s waning ...

Joseph Aoun’s election comes after Hezbollah had previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh ... attacks and due to the downfall of its ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December. In ...