(Bloomberg) -- Lebanese lawmakers will attempt to elect a first president in more than two ... maintaining a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Lebanon, will be challenged by International Monetary ...

LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Lebanese government bonds extended their three-month-long rally on Thursday as the crisis-ravaged country's parliament voted in a new head of state for the first time ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected General Joseph Aoun as president ... Q4: What challenges lie ahead for President Aoun? A4: First, President Aoun must nominate a prime minister to form a government, which ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, shakes hands with Saudi ...

In his first remarks to parliament, President Aoun said that “a new phase of Lebanon’s history has begun” and vowed to “protect the sanctity of individual and collective freedoms.” ...

Riyadh was a major investor in Lebanon but ties between the two countries have soured for roughly the past decade over the growing influence of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. Aoun’s election to the ...

Visit highlights Lebanon's political shifts after Israel-Hezbollah war and Assad's fall amid a brief insurgency in Dec ...