BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese lawmakers began voting in a presidential election on Thursday, aiming to fill a post which has ...

Lebanon’s Parliament chose a U.S.-trained general as president, ending a two-year vacancy in a sign of Hezbollah’s waning ...

Lebanon has elected a president following a two-year deadlock and power vacuum, signalling a weakened Hezbollah.

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

General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of ...

After two years of political deadlock, Lebanon elected Gen Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as its new ...

Joseph Aoun's election as Lebanon's president may reshape Hezbollah's influence and Israel relations amid ongoing political ...

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

General Joseph Aoun was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States, which funds, trains, and arms the ...

As the country endured economic crisis and a devastating war, lawmakers failed 12 times to pick a head of state. They have ...

Lebanon’s political stalemate has ended with the election of Army Chief Joseph Aoun as president, after 13 failed attempts ...