Lebanon country profile
1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon ...
Lebanese army chief edges towards presidency, Lebanese sources say
The parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state, ending a presidential vacuum which has persisted ...
Lebanon’s parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending two-year deadlock
Lebanese army commander elected president weeks after a tenuous cease-fire agreement halted a 14-month conflict between ...
U.S. envoy in Beirut amid uncertainty over future of Israel, Hezbollah ceasefire
Israeli troops withdrew from the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura on Monday, amid growing accusations from both sides of ...
Al Jazeera on MSN12d
Syrian authorities crack down on ‘remnants’ of Bashar al-Assad’s rule
Push comes as Syria’s new de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met Bahraini, Libyan delegations in Damascus. Syria’s new administration is carrying out a security crackdown against what it has described as ...
Lebanon's army chief elected president, showing weakened Hezbollah
Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general ...
The Times of Israel10d
As Iran’s network of proxies withers, Israel has an opening to revive its own
Tehran dominated much of the region through loyal armed groups; burned by Lebanon trauma, Israel moved away from that ...
Who is Joseph Aoun, a low-profile army chief who is now Lebanon’s president?
Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is ...
Saudi Arabia, UAE tread cautiously with Syria’s new leaders
The two leading Gulf powers, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are taking a cautious approach, because Hayat Tahrir ...
UPI17d
Assad's fall paves the way for 'normal ties' between Lebanon, new Syria
Advertisement The Syrian Army first entered Lebanon in 1976 as part of a 30,000-strong Arab Deterrent Force to stop the raging civil war that started six months earlier. Soon, the Saudi ...
Middle East Institute2h
With election of nationalist president, Lebanon moves to exit the Axis of Resistance
With a nearly unanimous 99 out of 128 votes, the Lebanese parliament elected the head of the army, Gen. Joseph Aoun, as ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs28d
Oct. 7 lessons learned: Israel’s staggering steps in Syria since the fall of Assad
It allowed this to happen in Gaza and Lebanon ... border and its takeover of the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, “needs to stop. Along with destroying Assad’s army – officials estimate that ...