BEIRUT, Jan 9 (Reuters) - General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group ...

Aoun, a 60-year-old career soldier, became the fifth Lebanese army commander to be elected as president in Lebanon's history, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the post.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to the 15-month conflict Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that more ...

When Hady Habib steps onto the court next week, he’ll become the first Lebanese player to compete in a men’s singles draw at a Grand Slam. Hady Habib, who was born in Texas, moved to Lebanon ...

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“UNIFIL strongly urges accelerated progress in the IDF’s withdrawal from and the LAF’s (Lebanese army) deployment in south Lebanon,” the force said in a statement. It called on “all ...

Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been arrested at the Beirut airport BEIRUT -- The wife and daughter of one of deposed ...

An uncle of the recently ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has fled, via Lebanon, to the United Arab Emirates, according to Lebanese officials. Rifaat al-Assad, known as the “Butcher of ...

Pro-Syrian Druze politician Wiam Wahhab seen over flags of Israel and Lebanon (illustrative) (photo credit: REUTERS/ALI HASHISHO, SHUTTERSTOCK) Wiam Wahhab, a Lebanese Druze party leader and ...

Lebanese authorities had not received Interpol requests to arrest them, including Rifaat, the officials said. The UAE foreign ministry did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.