Lebanon's new government will negotiate with the International Monetary Fund for a new programme and will work to deal with ...

Thousands of supporters have gathered in downtown Beirut to mark the 20th anniversary of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik ...

BEIRUT — Israeli troops have opened fire on displaced residents in both Lebanon and the Gaza Strip ... shouting at troops to leave. Parliament speaker Nabih Berri, who served as an interlocutor ...

Israel, Lebanon and the U.S. are negotiating the release of Lebanese prisoners. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect a week ago. Hostages held in the strip and Palestinian ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on ... a Hezbollah-backed candidate called Suleiman Frangieh, withdrew from the race. In his inaugural speech to parliament, President Aoun outlined ...

Hezbollah, the Shiite terrorist group that became a powerful political force in Lebanon, had refused to allow an election unless its preferred candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, was chosen president.

During the early days of President Suleiman Frangieh's term, Saeb Salam formed a technocratic ... Despite initial resistance from parliament, which viewed the cabinet as bypassing democratic norms, it ...

a Hezbollah-backed candidate called Suleiman Frangieh, withdrew from the race. In his inaugural speech to parliament, President Aoun outlined a series of pledges to deal with the overlapping crises ...

Hezbollah had previously supported Suleiman Frangieh, the leader of a small Christian ... Aoun secured 99 out of 128 votes in Lebanon’s deeply divided parliament, with support from across the ...