Though Lebanon’s presidency is mostly symbolic, it has a few important powers, like approving prime ministers and cabinets. In a country still haunted by the memory of civil war, symbolism is ...

After two years of a presidential vacuum, Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun was elected president Thursday in the second round of a parliamentary vote. Addressing parliament shortly after the vote, Aoun ...

The election took place six weeks after Lebanon's government agreed a ceasefire to end a devastating war between Israel and ...

Lebanon’s newly elected President Joseph Aoun told lawmakers on Thursday that he will work to ensure the state has the ...

Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than ...