The Latest Breaking News from Joseph Aoun

At least 12 people including children were killed overnight in Gaza by Israeli strikes, hospital workers said Wednesday

There is increasing pressure for the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah to disarm

US pressure campaign to accelerate the disarming of Hezbollah is putting Lebanese government in a difficult position.

Senior U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus has visited Beirut amid rising tensions with Israel and U.S. pressure for Lebanon to curb Hezbollah’s influence

Lebanese officials say the attack on Dahiyeh killed at least four people and wounded seven others.

Israel has launched its first major airstrike on Beirut since a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah was established in November.

Israeli attack destroys a residential building in a Beirut suburb as France’s Macron decries ‘unacceptable’ strike.

French President Emmanuel Macron will host his Lebanese counterpart, Joseph Aoun, in Paris on Friday, a visit he says signals France's full commitment to Lebanon's "recovery" and "sovereignty". The country's new government is facing a crippling economic crisis, as well as the need to rebuild after the recent Israeli-Hezbollah war.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun visits France on Friday, his first trip to a European country since his January election and as Paris pushes Beirut for long-demanded political and economic reforms.