Lebanese Army commander Joseph Aoun is the new president of Lebanon. The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his pred ...

Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Credit: AP/Hussein Malla HTS in its current iteration led a lightning offensive that toppled Syrian president Bashar Assad last month and has become the de facto ...

Hezbollah, a powerful Iran-backed militia, has long been the country’s dominant political force and has formed part of the ...

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun has announced the formation of a new government after more than two years of an interim ...

Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday, following unusually direct U.S. intervention in the process and in a step ...

It was a last-minute push by Saudi Arabia that decided Lebanon’s fate on Thursday. There were less than 24 hours before parliament was set to choose the next president. But Lebanon’s checkered ...

The man Lebanon’s parliament chose to be the country’s new president was the preferred candidate of the US, Europe and Saudi Arabia, who the war-torn country will need help from to rebuild ...

Analysts, however, said Salam and Aoun have a unique opportunity. The collapse of the al-Assad regime, a constant meddler in ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted President Donald Trump a golden pager during their meeting at the White ...

French President in Lebanon to Meet the Country's New Leaders and Discuss Ceasefire With Israel BEIRUT (AP) — France’s president began a visit to Lebanon Friday, where he will meet the crisis ...