Ekhtiar, who interviewed Israel's Arabic-language military spokesman last year as the Gaza war raged, has divided Lebanese political opinion.

Lebanon is promoting the revival of the country’s defunct railway system that could link to neighbouring Syria and Iraq and become part of China’s proposed Belt and Road Initiative in the region. The ...

FILE - In this photo released by the Lebanese Parliament media office, Lebanese lawmakers attending a parliament session, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 18, 2023. (Hassan Ibrahim/Lebanese Parliament ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s prime minister-designate vowed Tuesday to work on building a modern state in the crisis-hit country, saying his priorities will be to rebuild the destruction caused by a ...

Lebanon's parliament chose the head of the country's armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, a post that's been vacant since October... Lebanon chooses a new president after two years ...

Lebanon's parliament aims to elect a new president after over two years of vacancy. Army commander Joseph Aoun is the leading candidate, backed by major foreign powers. The election has been ...

He now has to marshal Lebanon's fractious parliament and find enough consensus to appoint a prime minister and a cabinet before any real work can begin. Emily Feng, NPR News, Beirut.

BEIRUT — Lebanon's parliament has chosen the head of the country's armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, after going more than two years without one. Aoun's selection on Thursday is one ...

The New Arab presents the candidates whose names are circulating ahead of 9 January's parliamentary session to elect a ...

Note on the news: Back to Beirut- oil and gas 360 Syria was the ... extend its threats and offensive capability to Hezbollah in Lebanon to attack Israel. Iraq, caught between Syria and Iran ...