Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is advocating the formation of a government of “consensus” that includes representatives from ...

Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam intends to “impose a de facto cabinet line-up” that he sees as appropriate following his consultations with the political forces, sources informed on the ...

Lebanon's parliament has elected the country's army chief as president, ending a power vacuum that has lasted more than two years.

The election of Joseph Aoun to the presidency of Lebanon has profound implications for the country, both domestically and ...

Aoun as president was imposed ... noted that “the Israeli army is likely to establish a security buffer zone in southern Lebanon. While Hezbollah will resist such a plan, the Lebanese government will ...

Joseph Aoun’s candidacy for the mainly ceremonial ... which had built a force considered more powerful than the army to resist Israel before their 13-month conflict, in violation of a UN ...

Lebanon's parliament elected the former army commander president after a two-year vacancy for the head of state.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The vote came weeks after a tenuous ...

Tanáiste Micheál Martin has congratulated the people of Lebanon on electing Joseph Aoun as head of state. Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun, filling a ...