Lebanon’s parliament has elected army commander ... in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, announced on Wednesday he had withdrawn from the race and ...

The weakening of Hezbollah in last year's war with Israel allowed Lebanon's long deadlocked ... led rebels ousted longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad. Hezbollah's "political defeat follows ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected the US ... coupled with the downfall of its ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December, severely weakened Hezbollah, reviving a long-standing domestic ...

Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year ...

The parliament elected army chief ... mostly Shi'ite Muslims, have fled to Lebanon since Sunni Muslim Islamists toppled Bashar al-Assad, fearing persecution despite assurances from the new rulers ...

As Lebanon will move to fill the presidential ... family who shares close ties with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with Frangieh having openly backed him in 2011. Frangieh is a former ...

Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun (centre) leaves the parliament after his election as the ... Hezbollah has lost a major ally after rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month. Under ...

His election reflected shifts in the power balance in Lebanon and the wider Middle East, with Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah badly pummelled from last year's war, and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad ...

The source said representatives from the bloc met Aoun at the parliament during ... rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month. Under multi-confessional Lebanon's power-sharing system ...

The weakening of Hezbollah in last year's war with Israel allowed Lebanon's long deadlocked parliament to ... last month when Islamist-led rebels ousted longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad.