The 60-year-old career soldier is the fifth Lebanese army commander to be elected president in the country's history ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no ...

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate ... said that the military and ...

After two years of political deadlock, Lebanon elected Gen Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as its new ...

The Lebanese military largely stayed on the sidelines in the Israel-Hezbollah war ... the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current president ...

After years of gridlock, Lebanon’s parliament elected Aoun, the chief military commander, as president. His win could unlock ...

After more than two years of presidential deadlock, Joseph Aoun has been elected the 14th President of Lebanon.

And when President Michel Aoun vacated the presidency ... UN-defined border between Lebanon and Israel. Notably, Israel has welcomed Aoun’s appointment. But outside of the external and domestic ...

Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and ...

The ceasefire ended fighting that began in October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel in support of ... vacant since former President Michel Aoun stepped down in October 2022.

The man Lebanon’s parliament chose to be the country’s new president was the preferred candidate of the US, Europe and Saudi Arabia, who the war-torn country will need help from to rebuild ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say ...