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 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 ...

Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a ...

Lebanon has elected a president following a two-year deadlock and power vacuum, signaling a weakened Hezbollah.

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

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no ...

In Lebanon, even Muslims think the Christian identity in the country “is important,” according to the Middle Eastern’s ...

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

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun began consultations with lawmakers on Monday to designate a prime minister in what political ...

The move fills the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing that Hezbollah's influence in the ...

STORY: Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun as the ... including last month's toppling of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Lebanon's presidency is reserved for a Maronite Christian in ...