The rebel coalition that seized control of Syria last month appointed its leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, as president of the ...
Sharaa was already de facto head of Syria's government ever since a coalition of rebel fighters swept through most of Syria ...
Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has been named as Syria’s president for a transitional period.
The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad has been named the country’s interim ...
During a visit to Syria, after Assad's fall, Shahira Salloum, managing editor of Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, reflects on Syria's ...
His election reflected shifts in the power balance in Lebanon and the wider Middle East, with Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah badly pummelled from last year’s war, and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled ...
Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 12 failed attempts. Joseph ...
A key opportunity lies in Mediterranean natural gas deposits, which could provide economic relief and energy security for ...
Joseph Aoun met the threshold for victory in the second round of voting after his rival, a Hezbollah-backed candidate called Suleiman Frangieh ... ousting of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria ...
Hezbollah backed Suleiman Frangieh -- the leader of a Christian party in northern Lebanon with ties to former Syrian President Bashar Assad -- in the contest. Frangieh withdrew from the race on ...