With the fall of Assad in December, the election of Aoun and Salam in Lebanon marks the second dramatic political shift in ...

A key opportunity lies in Mediterranean natural gas deposits, which could provide economic relief and energy security for ...

Lebanon's parliament elected the former army commander president after a two-year vacancy for the head of state.

Choice of UN court's Nawaf Salam underlines major power shift among sectarian factions in Beirut since Iran-backed Shiite ...

Some have argued that Joseph Aoun’s election violated the law ... from the United States and Saudi Arabia — and less the result of internal consensus. Hezbollah's war with Israel weakened the militant ...

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

Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces ... helped broker a ceasefire between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah in November. He received 99 out of 128 votes from across the ...

Joseph Aoun is first president since 1990s not to be pre-approved by Tehran and Damascus, signaling an end to Iran-backed terror group's control of Lebanese politics, says analyst ...

Hezbollah, one of Lebanon's most powerful political players, has been significantly weakened by its conflict with Israel.

As Lebanon will move to fill the presidential vacancy left unoccupied since 2022 on Thursday, the Hezbollah-endorsed candidate has dropped out with the odds favoring Joseph Aoun, leader of the ...

Hezbollah previously backed another candidate ... Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun arrives for a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister ...

Hezbollah and Amal were set to tell Lebanon's President Aoun they back caretaker PM Nabib Mikati for the Sunni-designated ...