Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the ... political weakening of Hezbollah following its war with Israel and the fall of its ally, Assad, in Syria, along ...

Head of Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement MP Gebran Bassil has demonstrated his ability to change his stances and adapt to ...

Following the bitter objections of the "Shiite Duo" to Dr. Nawaf Salam’s designation as prime minister, he is seeking to reassure them by stressing that he has two choices: "accommodation" or ...

Aoun was elected by the Lebanese parliament on Thursday, ending over two years of political vacuum since President Michel Aoun left ... Under the cease-fire terms, Israel is required to withdraw ...

weeks after Israel and Lebanon entered a 60-day cease-fire. The political division had derailed Lebanon, leaving the country without a president following the end of the tenure of Michel Aoun — who is ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 12 failed attempts. Joseph Aoun met the threshold for victory in the second round of voting after his ...

Lebanon’s new president has demanded that Israel must withdraw from his country ... of the international community,” President Joseph Aoun’s office said on Saturday after his meeting ...

His remarks follow a speech by Hizbollah leader Naim Qassem who accused Israel of hundreds of ceasefire violations, warning it against testing “our patience” and calling on the Lebanese state to be ...

Analysts say Hezbollah's weakening in the war with Israel last year allowed Lebanon's deeply divided political class to elect Aoun and to back his naming of Salam as premier. Islamist-led rebels ...