Lebanon’s new president names head of the International Court of Justice as the country’s new prime minister. View on ...

Lebanon’s lawmakers elected army commander Joseph Aoun as the country’s first president in more than two years, picking a US-backed candidate in a sign of Iran’s waning influence in the region.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday picked Nawaf Salam, the presiding judge at the International Court of Justice in The ...

Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday, faces the difficult task of overseeing the fragile ceasefire with Israel in south Lebanon. He must also name a prime minister capable of implementing the reforms ...

After consultations with lawmakers, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday picked Nawaf Salam, the presiding judge at the ...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun began consultations with lawmakers on Monday to designate a prime minister in what political ...

Aoun, who has been commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces since ... without mentioning the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah by name. Lebanese lawmakers attend a parliamentary session to ...

President Joseph Aoun has started consultations with parliamentary blocs and independent MPs with the aim of naming a new prime minister. This is very significant for Lebanon while it grapples with ...

Lebanon on Thursday appointed Major General Hassan Ouda as acting army chief, succeeding General Joseph Aoun, who was elected ...

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 ...