Lebanon's parliament is set to convene Thursday to attempt to elect a head of state for the 13th time during a presidential ...

The leading candidate is Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun, no relation to the former president. He is widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance ...

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 ...

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

Once a heavy hitter in the Middle East, Iran has been weakened by the decimation of its proxies Hezbollah and Hamas, along ...

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 ...

President-elect Trump is expected to announce Eric Trager as Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa on the ...

"Many people think the United States saves Israel, but the truth is that today Israel's role is to save the United States ...

An Assad official claims Putin betrayed his ally by promising support that never came.