The leading candidate is Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun, no relation to the former president. He is widely seen as the ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has met with Lebanon's newly elected President Joseph Aoun and vowed to support the small ...

Following tense scenes early in the session, the first round of Thursday's vote concluded with 71 votes for Joseph Aoun, the ...

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam said on Friday the formation of a new government would not be delayed, ...

Lebanese lawmakers are set to meet in an attempt to elect a president - a position vacant for more than two years - but the ...

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

Lebanon’s Parliament chose a U.S.-trained general as president, ending a two-year vacancy in a sign of Hezbollah’s waning ...

The Lebanese parliament finally voted on a new president on Thursday following two years of deadlock. Joseph Aoun the head of ...

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general ...

Lebanon’s new president has asked prominent diplomat and jurist Nawaf Salam to form the country’s new government after Salam ...

A devastating economic crisis, a political power vacuum, massive corruption and most recently the war between Hezbollah and ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's parliament convened Thursday to make yet another effort to elect a president, filling a vacuum that's lasted for more than two years. A first round of voting showed ...