Why it matters: Lebanon hasn’t had a president for more than two years while the country’s leaders tried to reach consensus on a candidate, which has exacerbated Lebanon’s deep political and economic ...

Bassil said a president is being imposed by foreign forces. So did independent MP Oussama Saad and change MP Halima Qaaqour, who said no Iranian, Syrian or American interference is accepted.

— Army commander Joseph Aoun, 60, is widely seen as the frontrunner to become Lebanon’s next president, particularly since ...

France’s special envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, met Wednesday in Beirut with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri as he ...

File : Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh , a key ally of Hezbollah and friend of deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al ...

Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun told parliament on Thursday that the country was entering a new phase, in his first speech after being elected head of the crisis-hit country.

Lebanon’s Al-Nashra website reported on Wednesday that that according to sources in Arab and international capitals, they are seeking to impose the election of Army Commander General Joseph Aoun as ...

Al-Jadeed also reported that MP Mohammad Raad , the head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc expressed in his meeting Wednesday with French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian that “Hezbollah will not stand in the ...

In response to a question about whether the opposition will elect the same person if more than one round is held, he answered: “Our candidate is one and he is Joseph Aoun in the first, second, third ...

Jihad Azour, 58, stands out as the most qualified candidate to address Lebanon’s multi-faceted crises. A former finance minister (2005–2008) and the current Director of the Middle East and Central ...

Lebanese lawmakers are due to meet on Thursday to elect a president, but analysts say that even with key political player ...

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Njaib Mikati will visit Damascus “soon”, Ziad Makary the information minister announced Tuesday, in ...