The leading candidate is Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun, no relation to the former president. He is widely seen as the ...

Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than ...

Lebanese government bonds extended their three-month-long rally on Thursday as the crisis-ravaged country's parliament voted ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect Gen. Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as the country’s new president, ending a years-long leadership vacuum that ...

Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun has been elected as the country’s president, ending a power vacuum that lasted for more than two years. Aoun secured 99 votes from the 128-seat parliament to ...

Lebanon’s parliament chose a U.S.-trained general as president, ending a two-year vacancy in a sign of Hezbollah’s waning ...

Lebanese lawmakers are set to meet in an attempt to elect a president - a position vacant for more than two years - but the ...

Lebanon’s new president has asked prominent diplomat and jurist Nawaf Salam to form the country’s new government after Salam ...

By Euan Ward and Dayana Iwaza Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon’s fractured Parliament overcame more than two years of gridlock on Thursday to select a new president, a critical step toward ...

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