The selection of Mr. Salam was seen as a blow to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group and political party that has acted as the real power in Lebanon for decades. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting ...

Over the past hours, the IDF conducted intelligence-based strikes on a number of Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit stated early Monday ...

The outcome is expected to emerge by the end of the day. The prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim according to Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system which parcels out state positions on the ...

Jan. 13 (UPI) --Israeli war planes struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces said early Monday, as it accused the truce monitoring mechanism of ignoring the threat the targets ...

It was a last-minute push by Saudi Arabia that decided Lebanon’s fate on Thursday. There were less than 24 hours before parliament was set to choose the next president. But Lebanon’s checkered ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's war with Hezbollah and ...

BEIRUT, Jan 13 (Reuters) - President Joseph Aoun summoned jurist Nawaf Salam on Monday to designate him as Lebanon's prime minister, after a majority of Lebanese lawmakers nominated him for the post.

Israel warned on Sunday that the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah could collapse if the Iran-backed group does not withdraw beyond the Litani River in southern Lebanon, one of the key ...

DUBAI/BEIRUT, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A high-level United Arab Emirates delegation was in Lebanon on Monday to make arrangements for the reopening of the Gulf Arab state's embassy in Beirut after more ...

Confirming what many observers have concluded, Israeli paper Israel Hayom says Israel may decide to stay in south Lebanon beyond the 60-day withdrawal period specified in a ceasefire. The failure ...

Germany, France and the European Union have also conveyed optimism. Lebanon's new president, Joseph Aoun, told members of parliament on Thursday that the country was entering a new phase as he ...

Lebanon has elected the chief of it's army, Joseph Aoun, as it's new president. Aoun ran against Hezbollah candidate Suleiman Frangieh, who eventually withdrew to support Aoun. He was eventually ...