Though Lebanon’s presidency is mostly symbolic, it has a few important powers, like approving prime ministers and cabinets.

The head of Hezbollah's Coordination and Liaison Unit, Wafiq Safa, announced Sunday that his party does not have a "veto" on ...

Despite pressure by the United States and others to elect a president in order to receive financial support, a consensus ...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group's war ...

Lebanon's parliament will attempt to elect elect a new head of state on Thursday, with officials seeing better odds of ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group's war operations room, according to new details Sunday disclosed by a ...

(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) “His Eminence (Hassan Nasrallah) used to lead the battle and war from this location,” top Hezbollah security official Wafiq Safa told a news conference Sunday near near ...

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Second is Hezbollah's bullying of Lebanese politicians and the general population. Wafiq Safa, Hezbollah's fearsome tsar of Lebanese domestic affairs, emerged as the only survivor from the militia ...

Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a ...