Following tense scenes early in the session, the first round of Thursday's vote concluded with 71 votes for Joseph Aoun, the ...

Lebanese government bonds extended their three-month-long rally on Thursday as the crisis-ravaged country's parliament voted ...

Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a ...

Then, a Saudi delegation headed by the kingdom’s envoy, Prince Yazid bin Farhan, flew into Beirut for the second time in a ...

Lebanon's parliament convened on Thursday to elect a new head of state, aiming to fill a post which has been vacant since ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no ...

The selection of Mr. Salam was seen as a blow to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group and political party that has acted as ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun ... and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled in December. It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence in a country where Riyadh ...

Lebanese lawmakers are due to meet on Thursday to elect a president, but analysts say that even with key political player ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 13 failed attempts. Joseph ...

Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses for a photograph at the presidential palace — Fadel ITANI The weakening of ...

STORY: Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun as the ... including last month's toppling of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Lebanon's presidency is reserved for a Maronite Christian in ...