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

Lebanon’s parliament has elected the US-backed army chief ... The heavy blows dealt by Israel during the conflict, coupled ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 13 failed attempts. Joseph ...

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

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.

STORY: Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday.The move elevates a ...

With a nearly unanimous 99 out of 128 votes, the Lebanese parliament elected the head of the army, Gen. Joseph Aoun, as ...

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 in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, announced on Wednesday he had withdrawn from the race and ...

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

Then, a Saudi delegation headed by the kingdom’s envoy, Prince Yazid bin Farhan, flew into Beirut for the second time in a ...

The outcome showed the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group after its devastating war with Israel.

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