I was at the Damascus residence of Iraqi politician and publisher Fakhri Karim. A visitor, who appeared weighed down with disappointment, arrived. I tried to persuade him to return to journalism after ...

Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari earlier told a news conference that both sides were presented with a ...

Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Negotiators in Qatar appeared close to sealing a deal on Wednesday for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza between ...

Outgoing President Joe Biden sought to burnish his foreign policy record on Monday and said U.S. adversaries are weaker than ...

As the country endured economic crisis and a devastating war, lawmakers failed 12 times to pick a head of state. They have ...

With a divided Christian majority, Lebanon has elected a new Maronite president — Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun. In a parliamentary session that remained uncertain until the last minute ...

France "will continue to be at the side of Lebanon and its people," Macron told Aoun in a telephone call, the French presidency said in a statement. Macron said he would go to Lebanon "very soon".

Lebanese lawmakers are expected to finally elect a president Thursday after more than two years of deadlock, in a much-needed step to help lift the war-battered country out of financial crisis.

Lebanon hasn't had a president since 2023. But an election planned for this week could kick-start the country's long-stalled political system. Lebanon has not had a real president for over two ...

Lebanon has elected a new president after multiple failed attempts had left the country without a head of state since 2022. General Joseph Aoun, head of the country's army since 2017, received the ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s army chief, Gen. Joseph Aoun, was elected president on Thursday after a more than two-year vacuum at the top position in the country amid deepening political rivalries, economic and ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Joseph Aoun, Lebanon’s army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a political neophyte whose position as head of one of the country’s most respected institutions ...