Lebanon has elected a new president after two years of political indecision, but not before some unexpected characters received votes — including Sen. Bernie Sanders, an American Jew. Lebanon ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 13 (UPI) --Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court of Justice, was named Monday as Lebanon's new Prime Minister after he won the support of 84 parliamentarians in ...

The outcome is expected to emerge by the end of the day. The prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim according to Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system which parcels out state positions on the ...

The selection of Mr. Salam was seen as a blow to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group and political party that has acted as the real power in Lebanon for decades. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting ...

Lebanon’s prime minister-designate has vowed to rebuild the country following years of economic meltdown and a 14-month war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group BEIRUT -- Lebanon’s ...

Prominent diplomat and president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) based in The Hague Nawaf Salam has been named as Lebanon’s new prime minister. Salam was asked to form Lebanon’s ...

Lebanon remains gripped by an economic crisis that began in 2019, with its currency losing value and millions pushed into poverty The United Arab Emirates has reopened its embassy in Lebanon’s capital ...

His election marks the end of a presidential vacancy that lasted for more than two years, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported. Aoun secured 99 votes in the parliamentary session, while 9 ...

Over the past hours, the IDF conducted intelligence-based strikes on a number of Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit stated early Monday ...

Lebanon's newly-elected President Joseph Aoun reviews the honor guard in front of the Lebanese Parliament. Lebanon has been without a president since Michel Aoun left office in October 2022 ...

France "will continue to be at the side of Lebanon and its people," Macron told Aoun in a telephone call, the French presidency said in a statement. Macron said he would go to Lebanon "very soon".

The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, congratulated Joseph Aoun who was on Thursday elected the country’s President. In a statement, Hennis-Plasschaert welcomed the ...