1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon ...

Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam on Tuesday called for "unity and cooperation" to save, reform and reconstruct ...

The outcome showed the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group after its devastating war with Israel.

Lebanon has gotten a new president and prime minister in the last week, ending a political vacuum as the country faces ...

Lebanon is set to extradite the son of late senior Muslim cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi to the United Arab Emirates after the country's caretaker cabinet approved the move on Tuesday, the Lebanese ...

while the prime minister must be from the Sunni Muslim community and the speaker of the house is Shia. President Aoun has ...

The top judge at the International Court of Justice Nawaf Salam has been designated Lebanon’s next prime minister in a ...

Disarming Hezbollah, getting financial aid, rebuilding and restoring sovereignty among the tasks facing the new leaders ...

The presidency said Salam, currently outside the country and due to return ... LATE The prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim according to Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system, which parcels ...

The choice of diplomat Nawaf Salam, the chief justice in The Hague, to lead the country’s revival underlines a major shift in ...

Choice of UN court's Nawaf Salam underlines major power shift among sectarian factions in Beirut since Iran-backed Shiite ...

After consultations with lawmakers, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday picked Nawaf Salam, the presiding judge at the ...