Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – 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 ...

BEIRUT — 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 ...

Lebanon’s parliament has convened to elect a president to fill a vacuum that's lasted more than two years BEIRUT -- Lebanon’s parliament convened Thursday to make yet another effort to elect a ...

in Beirut, Lebanon November 27, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati visited southern Lebanon this week, reflecting ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s army chief, Gen. Joseph Aoun, was elected president on Thursday after a more than two-year vacuum at the top position in the country amid deepening political rivalries, economic and ...

BEIRUT-Lebanon’s Parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Jan 9, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has US support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran ...

Lebanon hasn't had a president since 2023 ... "The situation is dramatic in many respects," said Michael Bauer, head of the Beirut office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacancy and marking a step towards lifting the war-battered country out ...

The 18-year-old cinema had to halt operations during Lebanon’s economic crisis of 2019. Then, the massive devastation of Beirut’s port blast in 2020 unleashed a shock wave explosion that ...

framed by the rugged hills of Lebanon. Experience the dynamic energy, culture, and resilience of Beirut from an unforgettable aerial perspective! What's open and closed on Jan. 9, the national day ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected the US-backed army chief to be the country’s new president, ending a years-long political stalemate and presidential vacuum. Army chief Joseph Aoun was voted ...

which meets in Beirut’s Nejmeh Square, voted and Aoun was elected in the second round of elections, with 99 out of 128 votes. He is the 14th president of the Republic of Lebanon. The new ...