The unusually direct U.S. intervention in Lebanon's sectarian politics appears aimed at capitalizing on shifts in the power ...

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

Israel’s military success in Lebanon and the strings Gulf patrons attached to reconstruction money forced Hezbollah to cut its losses and acquiesce to the election of a president it had vetoed ...

The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. Hezbollah previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, the leader of a ...

Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...

As Lebanon confronts the aftermath of another war with Israel, non-sectarian MP Michel Moawad discusses the new president, ...

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

Hezbollah has emerged bruised from the conflict ... including the last head of state Michel Aoun, who is no relation. In an unusually political statement for an army commander, Aoun criticised ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ... French & Qatari envoys pushed fence sitters to Aoun, getting him to 74. Hezbollah probably understood the message, preferring ...

Salam underlined the coordination with President Aoun pertaining to the cabinet formation, warning against rumors being circulated in this regard. Salam provided President Aoun with a government ...

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 ...

Joseph Aoun ... replace Michel Aoun – no relation – whose term as president ended in October 2022. A dozen previous attempts to choose a president failed amid tensions between Hezbollah ...