1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon out of the provinces of Mount Lebanon, north Lebanon, south Lebanon and the Bekaa. 1926 - Lebanese Representative Council approves a constitution and the unified Lebanese Republic under the French mandate is declared.

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday, two Lebanese sources said, becoming the first head of government to visit Syria's capital since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid on Friday congratulated Lebanon’s new president on his election following years of power vacuum and expressed Baghdad’s “unwavering” support for Beirut.

Three people were rescued from the roof of a burning apartment building in Lebanon on Thursday thanks to some quick thinking from first responders. The Lebanon Police and Fire departments were notified of a fire at a second-story apartment on Mechanic Street just before 11 p.m. and responded to the scene.

LEBANON, N.H. — Three people were stranded on the roof of their residence as a fire broke out on Thursday night. The Lebanon Fire Department says they were alerted to a fire in a second-floor apartment on Mechanic Street just before 11 p.m. The 911 caller claimed three people evacuated the building but were stuck on the roof.

Joseph Aoun president Thursday, ending a political deadlock that had kept the office vacant since October 2022. Aoun, 60, won 99 of 128 votes. The election of Aoun, widely seen as the preferred candidate of the U.

We have every interest in seeing the cease-fire continue beyond the 60 days, and we are working hard in diplomatic channels,' National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says - Anadolu Ajansı

The United Nations and Israel are arguing over who must fill the gap if U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA stops working in the Gaza Strip and West Bank later this month when an Israeli law comes into force.

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Lebanon’s parliament elected military commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a two-year political deadlock in the country that resulted in a leadership and governance vacuum.