The planned reopening of the hotel, which was damaged in the 2020 port explosion, follows Saudi-backed Gen. Joseph Aoun's ...

The selection of Mr. Salam was seen as a blow to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group and political party that has acted as the real power in Lebanon for decades. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting ...

The top judge at the International Court of Justice Nawaf Salam has been designated Lebanon’s next prime minister in a surprising turnaround for the crisis-ridden country. On Monday, the office ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected General Joseph Aoun as president on January 9, 2025, ending a two-year stalemate. Parliament had failed to elect a president 12 times following the end of the previous ...

The outcome is expected to emerge by the end of the day. The prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim according to Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system which parcels out state positions on the ...

With a divided Christian majority, Lebanon has elected a new Maronite president — Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun. In a parliamentary session that remained uncertain until the last minute ...

It was a last-minute push by Saudi Arabia that decided Lebanon’s fate on Thursday. There were less than 24 hours before parliament was set to choose the next president. But Lebanon’s checkered ...

DUBAI/BEIRUT, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A high-level United Arab Emirates delegation was in Lebanon on Monday to make arrangements for the reopening of the Gulf Arab state's embassy in Beirut after more ...

Lebanon has elected the chief of it's army, Joseph Aoun, as it's new president. Aoun ran against Hezbollah candidate Suleiman Frangieh, who eventually withdrew to support Aoun. He was eventually ...

Last autumn Hania Zataari, a mechanical engineer who works for Lebanon's Ministry of Industry put her skills to use as war in the country raged on. Hailing from Sidon, South Lebanon, she created a ...