With a nearly unanimous 99 out of 128 votes, the Lebanese parliament elected the head of the army, Gen. Joseph Aoun, as ...

1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon ...

Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is ...

Lebanese army commander elected president weeks after a tenuous cease-fire agreement halted a 14-month conflict between ...

The parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S.

The move fills the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing that Hezbollah's influence in the ...

The election marks the first test of Lebanon's power balance since Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah emerged badly pummelled from last year's war with Israel, and since its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was topp ...

The parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state, ending a presidential vacuum which has persisted ...

Israeli strike kills at least 17 people in southern Gaza, nearly all of them women or children KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — ...

Israeli troops withdrew from the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura on Monday, amid growing accusations from both sides of ...

Israel continues to bomb several areas across Gaza killing scores, while Israel is still stalling over reaching ceasefire ...