A new round of ceasefire negotiations began on Jan. 3 in Qatar. Delegations from Israel and Hamas were dispatched to Doha to resume the negotiations, which were brokered by Qatari and Egyptian ...
Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's army chief, has been elected as president, ending a two-year political vacuum. Backed by the US and Saudi Arabia, Aoun is seen as crucial to stabilising Lebanon amidst a ...
The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, congratulated Joseph Aoun who was on Thursday elected the country’s President. In a statement, Hennis-Plasschaert welcomed the ...
His election marks the end of a presidential vacancy that lasted for more than two years, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported. Aoun secured 99 votes in the parliamentary session, while 9 ...
People celebrate after Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun was elected as Lebanon's president, in the town of Klayaa, southern Lebanon January 9, 2025 [Photo: Karamallah Daher/Reuters] Joseph Aoun, the ...
Macron spoke with the general hours after Aoun was announced as the leader to end a two-year vacuum in the country's top post. France "will continue to be at the side of Lebanon and its people," ...
He also vowed to limit the possession of arms to the state and outline a defense strategy to ... at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. EFE-EPA FILE/WAEL HAMZEH ...
Lebanon’s government has decided to extradite Egyptian opposition activist Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), despite warnings that he could be subject to ill-treatment ...
Operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) north of the UN-monitored Blue Line in southern Lebanon have continued, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, UNIFIL. This includes ...