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 ...

Widely seen as US, Saudi Arabia's first choice, the 61-year-old general has forged relations across Lebanon's sectarian divides but is often criticized by Hezbollah affiliates ...

The 60-year-old career soldier is the fifth Lebanese army commander to be elected president in the country's history ...

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

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.

Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a 60-year-old career soldier who kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group ...

Lebanon's Nawaf Salam to Be Designated PM, Angering Hezbollah By Laila Bassam and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese ...

Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing the diminished sway of the Iran-backed ...

The weakening of Hezbollah in last year's war with Israel allowed Lebanon's long deadlocked parliament to reach consensus around a president who has the confidence of the international ...

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