With the fall of Assad in December, the election of Aoun and Salam in Lebanon marks the second dramatic political shift in ...

A key opportunity lies in Mediterranean natural gas deposits, which could provide economic relief and energy security for ...

Some have argued that Joseph Aoun’s election violated the law ... from the United States and Saudi Arabia — and less the result of internal consensus. Hezbollah's war with Israel weakened the militant ...

Choice of UN court's Nawaf Salam underlines major power shift among sectarian factions in Beirut since Iran-backed Shiite ...

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

Joseph Aoun is first president since 1990s not to be pre-approved by Tehran and Damascus, signaling an end to Iran-backed terror group's control of Lebanese politics, says analyst ...

Analysts, however, said Salam and Aoun have a unique opportunity. The collapse of the al-Assad regime, a constant meddler in ...

Hezbollah, one of Lebanon's most powerful political players, has been significantly weakened by its conflict with Israel.

Hezbollah Lawmaker Says Lebanese Opponents Are Working to Exclude the Group BEIRUT (Reuters) - Senior Hezbollah lawmaker ...

Hezbollah and Amal were set to tell Lebanon's President Aoun they back caretaker PM Nabib Mikati for the Sunni-designated ...

BEIRUT - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam said on Tuesday his hands were \"extended to everyone\", in a gesture ...

Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court of Justice, won enough support to become Lebanon's next prime minister after ...