Salam’s decision to intervene is commendable, but the problem is far deeper than a few men with guns. It is Hezbollah itself—an armed militia operating under the flag of a foreign power—that remains ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — British Foreign Secretary David Lammy met in Damascus on Saturday with Syria’s interim President Ahmad ...

President Joseph Aoun on Friday denied the reports about the alleged entry of armed groups from Syria into Lebanon and the reports about mobilization for incursions from Syria.“No party can eliminate ...

President Joseph Aoun said Sunday that Lebanon does not want to “pay the price of more wars” and that “there is no national interest” in joining the Israel-Iran war after the U.S. strikes on Iran’s ...

President Joseph Aoun stressed Sunday that the Lebanese “no longer want war,” adding that the thorny issue of Hezbollah’s arms will be addressed in a calm and responsible manner. “This issue cannot be ...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Monday that Lebanon supports returning to the 1949 armistice agreement with Israel in an interview with the Qatari state-run Al Jazeera television network ...

Aoun's statements came amid the funeral of Hezbollah's fallen leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and his successor, Hashem Safi al-Din, which took place in Beirut.

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun told a visiting Iranian delegation on Sunday that the war-scarred country was “tired” of external conflicts playing out on its territory. The high-level ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has met with Lebanon's newly elected President Joseph Aoun and vowed to support the small nation as it attempts to recover from the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war ...

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 the armed group Hezbollah, ordering it ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The weakening of Hezbollah in last year’s war with Israel allowed Lebanon’s long-deadlocked parliament to reach a consensus around a president who has the confidence of the ...

Aoun, 61, is from Aichiye, a Christian village in Jezzine province, southern Lebanon. He joined the army as a cadet in 1983, during Lebanon’s 15-year civil war.