A key opportunity lies in Mediterranean natural gas deposits, which could provide economic relief and energy security for ...

Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year ...

The candidate previously supported by Hezbollah, Suleiman Frangieh, on Wednesday announced ... close ties with former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. While Joseph Aoun — no relation to the ...

with officials seeing better odds of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's assault on Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The post, reserved for ...

with officials seeing better odds of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's assault on Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The post, reserved for a ...

Parliamentary vote takes place amidst historic regional shift Sources see army chief Joseph Aoun securing enough votes to win Hezbollah ally Frangieh ... Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was toppled ...

Joseph Aoun’s election comes after Hezbollah had previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh ... of its ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December. In his acceptance speech ...

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 ...

The outcome reflected shifts in the power balance in Lebanon and the wider Middle East, with Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah badly pummelled from last year's war, and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad ...

On Wednesday, Lebanese politician Suleiman Frangieh ... who shares close ties with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with Frangieh having openly backed him in 2011. Frangieh is a former ...

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 ...

Joseph Aoun met the threshold for victory in the second round of voting after his rival, a Hezbollah-backed candidate called Suleiman Frangieh ... ousting of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria ...