The selection of Mr. Salam was seen as a blow to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group and political party that has acted as the real power in Lebanon for decades. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting ...

The outcome is expected to emerge by the end of the day. The prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim according to Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system which parcels out state positions on the ...

29, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File) Destroyed buildings in an area of the village of Odaisseh in southern Lebanon, located next to the Israeli-Lebanese border, as seen from northern Israel, Dec.

Lebanon has named the president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Nawaf Salam as its new prime minister in a move that is understood to have angered Hezbollah. The country’s new president ...

Lebanon remains gripped by an economic crisis that began in 2019, with its currency losing value and millions pushed into poverty The United Arab Emirates has reopened its embassy in Lebanon’s capital ...

H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed pointed to the great interest shown by President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in supporting the people of Lebanon, as he ordered the launch of ...

Lebanon's newly elected President Joseph Aoun on Monday summoned Nawaf Salam, the Lebanese president of the International Court of Justice, to designate him as the country's new prime minister.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The weakening of Hezbollah in ... Lina Khatib, of Britain’s Chatham House think tank, said it was “the first time since the end of the Lebanese civil war [in 1990] that ...

Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – The weakening of Hezbollah ... Lina Khatib, of Britain's Chatham House think tank, said it was "the first time since the end of the Lebanese civil war (in 1990) that ...

BEIRUT, Jan 13 (Reuters) - President Joseph Aoun summoned jurist Nawaf Salam on Monday to designate him as Lebanon's prime minister, after a majority of Lebanese lawmakers nominated him for the post.