Why it matters: Lebanon hasn’t had a president for more than two years while the country’s leaders tried to reach consensus on a candidate, which has exacerbated Lebanon’s deep political and economic ...

Bassil said a president is being imposed by foreign forces. So did independent MP Oussama Saad and change MP Halima Qaaqour, who said no Iranian, Syrian or American interference is accepted.

Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun told parliament on Thursday that the country was entering a new phase, in his first speech after being elected head of the crisis-hit country.

— Army commander Joseph Aoun, 60, is widely seen as the frontrunner to become Lebanon’s next president, particularly since ...

France’s special envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, met Wednesday in Beirut with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri as he ...

File : Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh , a key ally of Hezbollah and friend of deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al ...

Damascus – Holding elections in Syria could take up to four years, Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said in remarks to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised to Azerbaijan’s President for the fact that an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed ...

Syria’s new government has detained military justice official Mohammed Kanjo Hassan, who issued death sentences at Saydnaya ...

For decades, Syria suffered under the authoritarian rule of Bashar al-Assad, whose regime was marked by repression, ...

Weapons bring nothing but misery to humanity. We must all return to peace and love, ” A priest who held a gun inside a church ...

Lebanon’s Al-Nashra website reported on Wednesday that that according to sources in Arab and international capitals, they are seeking to impose the election of Army Commander General Joseph Aoun as ...