Lebanon Lebanon’s fractured Parliament overcame more than two years of gridlock on Thursday to select a new president, a critical step toward bringing stability to a country attempting to ...

Lebanon has elected a new U.S.-backed president after more than two years of gridlock in Parliament and 12 previous attempts failed. Supreme Court declines to block Trump's sentencing in New York ...

Hezbollah, one of Lebanon's most powerful political players, has been significantly weakened by its conflict with Israel.

Image Lebanon’s new president, Gen. Joseph Aoun ... David Guttenfelder/The New York Times Hezbollah’s patron Iran has also been on the defensive since Mr. al-Assad’s ouster and given ...

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Gen ... at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

The new president's to-do list is long. Aoun vowed in his acceptance speech on Thursday to strengthen the small Middle Eastern country's weakened state governing capabilities, reform the financial ...

Nawaf Salam, the president of the International ... universities before serving as Lebanon's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York from 2007 to 2017. He became a member ...

(New York Times) Given the impasse that had prevented Lebanon’s parliament from choosing a president in its previous 12 attempts over more than two years, Aoun’s election marks a breakthrough ...