Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacancy and marking a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial meltdown.

Aoun's statements came amid the funeral of Hezbollah's fallen leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and his successor, Hashem Safi al-Din, which took place in Beirut. Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri ...

‘I look forward with great hope to the talks I will hold with Crown Prince’ Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun being welcomed by with Saudi Arabia's Deputy Emir of Riyadh Prince Mohammed bin ...