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 ...

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 ...

The parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after ...

Backed by Hezbollah, Suleiman Frangieh, the leader of a small Christian party in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, announced on Wednesday he had ...

Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun told parliament on Thursday that the country was entering a new phase, in his first ...

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