President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM-designate Nawaf Salam met Thursday in Baabda for around two hours without managing to resolve "a dispute over the fifth Shiite minister" in the new ...

Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday ... while working on reforms to resolve a crippling economic crisis. First, he must name a prime minister to help shape the nation’s future after years of crises ...

Lebanon's parliament has elected the country's army chief as president, ending a power vacuum that has lasted more than two ...

Aoun, who has been commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces since ... without mentioning the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah by name. Lebanese lawmakers attend a parliamentary session to ...

According to a statement by the Lebanese Presidency, Aoun will start on Monday the parliamentary consultations in the presidential palace of Baabda, eastern Beirut, to name a prime minister and to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun began consultations with lawmakers on Monday to designate a prime minister in what political sources saw as a tight race between incumbent Najib ...

Jan. 9, 2025 has become a historic date for the Lebanese people as a presidential vacancy that lasted over two years has come to an end. With a divided Christian majority, Lebanon has elected a ...

He did not name those powers but could have been referencing the rivalry between Iran on one side, which backs the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and the U.S. and Israel on the other.

Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday ... working on reforms to resolve a crippling economic crisis. First, he must name a prime minister to help shape the nation’s future after years of crises and ...