The Latest Breaking News from Joseph Aoun

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

Army spokesperson says storage sites housing militant group’s precision missiles were destroyed in Dahiyeh in south of the city

Israel struck south Beirut on Sunday for the third time since a fragile November 27 ceasefire, prompting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to call on its guarantors France and the United States to force a halt.

Israel has violated the November ceasefire multiple times, attacking the Lebanese capital and the south.

Joseph Aoun makes the comment as the Lebanese army says it foils a rocket attack on Israel.

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.