Following tense scenes early in the session, the first round of Thursday's vote concluded with 71 votes for Joseph Aoun, the ...

BEIRUT - Lebanon's parliament convened on Thursday to elect a new head of state, aiming to fill a post which has been vacant ...

Joseph Aoun, 61, Lebanon’s army commander, takes the role of president after over two years of the seat being empty and 13 attempts to vote in a leader.

Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country ... air strikes and artillery attacks and due to the downfall of its ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected army commander ... in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, announced on Wednesday he had withdrawn from the race and ...

Election of Joseph Aoun is seen as a step towards reviving government institutions and securing international aid for Lebanon ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese lawmakers began voting in a presidential election on Thursday, aiming to fill a post which has ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected the US ... coupled with the downfall of its ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December, severely weakened Hezbollah, reviving a long-standing domestic ...

Lebanon's bonds, which have been in default since 2020, rallied shortly after Joseph Aoun's victory was announced ...

Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun (centre) leaves the parliament after his election as the ... Hezbollah has lost a major ally ...

The weakening of Hezbollah in last year's war with Israel allowed Lebanon's long deadlocked parliament to ... last month when ...

The parliament elected army chief ... mostly Shi'ite Muslims, have fled to Lebanon since Sunni Muslim Islamists toppled Bashar al-Assad, fearing persecution despite assurances from the new rulers ...