Lebanon edged closer to electing a new president on Wednesday night more than two years after Michel Aoun left the ...

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

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general ...

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

The Presidency is reserved for a Maronite Christian in the country's sectarian power-sharing system and has been vacant since Michel ... of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in neighboring Syria.

with officials seeing better chances of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's war with Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in neighbouring Syria.

After the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, I couldn’t wait to make the ... Maybe they are calling for spring in Beirut. Michel Helou is secretary general of the Lebanese National Bloc, a ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday ... and since its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power in December.

with officials seeing better odds of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's assault on Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The post, reserved for ...