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 ...

Lebanon’s parliament chose the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long ...

Lawmakers elected Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, the first step in forming a government to lead a ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military ...

Election comes ahead of major developments, including the fate of a ceasefire with Israel and the start of post-war ...

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

After years of gridlock, Lebanon’s parliament elected Aoun, the chief military commander, as president. His win could unlock ...

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

Lebanese lawmakers could elect army chief Joseph Aoun as president Thursday after more than two years of deadlock, in a ...

Lebanon’s parliament is meeting to elect a president of the republic, more than two years after the last president’s term ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant ...

The parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state, ending a presidential vacuum which has persisted ...