The vast majority of Gaza's pre-war population of 2.2 million has been displaced at least once since the fighting began. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Hamas-run Gaza announced that 46,006 ...

Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's new president, was elected after a two-year vacancy. He was favored by the US and Saudi Arabia, ...

Lebanon’s parliament voted on Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more ...

Lebanon’s government Eurobonds are surging on the election of a new president and on optimism that reforms would be ...

Under multi-confessional Lebanon's power-sharing system, the president must be a Maronite Christian, as do military chiefs.

Though Lebanon’s presidency is mostly symbolic, it has a few important powers, like approving prime ministers and cabinets. In a country still haunted by the memory of civil war, symbolism is ...

The election took place six weeks after Lebanon's government agreed a ceasefire to end a devastating war between Israel and ...

Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to ...

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

Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than ...

The election of army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun garnered rare consensus among the Lebanese, backed by the United States and ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected its US-backed army chief to be the country’s next president, ending a years-long political ...