Lebanon's parliament chooses army commander Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than ...
US shifts $100 million in military aid from Israel and Egypt to Lebanon to bolster ceasefire
The Biden administration in its final days is shifting more than $100 million in military aid from Israel and Egypt to ...
Who Is Joseph Aoun? Lebanon's Potential Next President
Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no ...
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Analysis: Lebanon’s Mahan Air theater was meant to cover ceasefire deal non-performance
Lebanon did not thoroughly inspect a Mahan Air Flight suspected of carrying funds for Hezbollah. It engaged in an act of ...
Middle East latest: Gaza war deaths pass 46,000 and a new president is chosen in Lebanon
Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end ...
CNN joins a UN peacekeeping mission near the Lebanon-Israel border
The Lebanon-Israel ceasefire agreement that ended a major war between the two countries last November is on a knife’s edge. CNN joins the United Nations’ Indian peacekeeping contingent in south ...
Biden aides express optimism about Gaza ceasefire negotiations
The U.S.-brokered talks, which have been deadlocked for months, involve Biden administration and Trump transition officials ...
Blinken: Ceasefire agreement will be handed over to Trump if not completed before inauguration
Challenges remain, Blinken said, but so far, the mechanism put forth by France and the US is functioning well, as more than ...