Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice, a U.N. agency in The Hague, was designated on Monday as Lebanon’s next prime minister.

Lebanon has not had a president for two years. An election planned for this week could kickstart the country's long-stalled ...

Thousands of Syrians are stranded on the Masnaa border crossing with Lebanon, looking to flee the ... new Syrian leaders to respect the rights of ethnic minorities, but their long-term approach ...