Any prolonged Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon could breathe new life into Hezbollah, a group that was founded to ...

General Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces (and now newly elected president), at the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, on June 26, 2018 (Arlington National Cemetery / ...

Three people were killed and 31 others wounded while trying to return to homes in south Lebanon as Israeli forces, defying a ...

The Lebanese army said Saturday it was ready to deploy its forces in the country's south, accusing Israel of "procrastination ...

After two years of political deadlock, Lebanon elected Gen Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as its new ...

Lebanon’s prime minister-designate has vowed to rebuild the country following years of economic meltdown and a 14-month war ...

Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing the diminished sway of the Iran-backed ...

Some have argued that Joseph Aoun’s election violated the law ... and Saudi Arabia — and less the result of internal consensus. Hezbollah's war with Israel weakened the militant group, politically and ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 9 (UPI) --Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has ... which was greatly weakened as result of a 14-month destructive war with Israel.

Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces ... trains and arms the Lebanese military and helped broker a ceasefire between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah in November.

General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and Hezbollah, ordering it to prioritize ...