BEIRUT - Lebanon's parliament convened on Thursday to elect a new head of state, aiming to fill a post which has been vacant ...

Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun, frontrunner for president, is a political neophyte with strong international backing and ...

TEHRAN - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Wednesday noted that the military presence of the United States in Iraq is ...

The Emergency Watchlist for 2025 highlights escalating humanitarian crises in several countries, including Sudan, which tops ...

The election marks the first test of Lebanon's power balance since Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah emerged badly pummelled from last year's war with Israel, and since its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was topp ...

The leading candidate is Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun, no relation to the former president. He is widely seen as the ...

Meanwhile, the Lebanese army is deploying units deep in southern Lebanon as Israel continues to withdraw from the country.

The Syrian shrine of Sayedah Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, ...

Lebanon's parliament will attempt to elect elect a new head of state on Thursday, with officials seeing better odds of ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's parliament is set to convene Thursday to attempt to elect a head of state for the 13th time during a ...

Egypt gave up its role as the leader of the Arab World after the signing of the Camp David Accords with Israel in 1978, just ...