Following tense scenes early in the session, the first round of Thursday's vote concluded with 71 votes for Joseph Aoun, the ...

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

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

Lebanon’s parliament has elected its US-backed army chief to be the country’s next president, ending a years-long political ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no ...

Lebanon's lawmakers voted for a second time in the day Thursday to elect a much-needed president, with army chief Joseph Aoun ...

Hundreds protested in Lebanon's second city Tripoli on Sunday, demanding that authorities release Islamists detained during ...

In Lebanon, even Muslims think the Christian identity in the country “is important,” according to the Middle Eastern’s ...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun began consultations with lawmakers on Monday to designate a prime minister in what political ...

The weakening of Hezbollah in last year's war with Israel allowed Lebanon's long deadlocked ... led rebels ousted longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad. Hezbollah's "political defeat follows ...

STORY: Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun as the ... including last month's toppling of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Lebanon's presidency is reserved for a Maronite Christian in ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's parliament will try to elect ... Israel's war with Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in neighbouring Syria. The post, reserved for a ...