Following the bitter objections of the "Shiite Duo" to Dr. Nawaf Salam’s designation as prime minister, he is seeking to reassure them by stressing that he has two choices: "accommodation" or ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 12 failed attempts. Joseph Aoun met the threshold for victory in the second round of voting after his ...

The past three Canadian ambassadors have met LAF head Joseph Aoun ... political parties. After openly defending Israel’s summer 2006 invasion of Lebanon, Ottawa bolstered its ties to the ...

Few months after they signed the deal Hezbollah initiated its 2006 war with Israel which destroyed Lebanon’s infrastructure ...

Lebanon elected General Joseph Aoun, the head of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), as ... one of the country's most powerful political players. Here's what we know about Lebanon's shifting ...

Lebanon elected General Joseph Aoun, the head of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), as president earlier ... one of the country's most powerful political players. Here's what we know about Lebanon's ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Macron will meet the newly-elected Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, ...

Lebanese Prime Minister ... Neither Salam nor Aoun, an army commander who was elected president last week, is considered part of the political class the ruled the country after the end of the ...

His remarks follow a speech by Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem who accused Israel of hundreds of ceasefire violations, warning it against testing "our patience" and calling on the Lebanese ... Lebanon's ...