The Lebanese army said Saturday it was ready to deploy its forces in the country's south, accusing Israel of "procrastination ...

Dione reiterated the World Bank’s support for Lebanon and revealed that the institution has allocated $736 million in ...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held his first conversation with General Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's newly elected ...

Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...

Hezbollah, one of Lebanon's most powerful political players, has been significantly weakened by its conflict with Israel.

Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat has visited Lebanon for the first time in a decade following years of strained relations between ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with any ...

As Lebanon will move to fill the presidential vacancy left unoccupied since 2022 on Thursday, the Hezbollah-endorsed candidate has dropped out with the odds favoring Joseph Aoun, leader of the ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The vote came weeks after a tenuous ...

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

Lebanon's parliament elected the former army commander president after a two-year vacancy for the head of state.