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

Michel Aoun (no relation), prepared to step down at the end of his six-year term. In the wake of Lebanon’s 15-year civil war, which ended in 1990, the powers of the presidency were reduced. But the ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with any ...

Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and pledged to rebuild the state, adopt a policy of "positive neutrality" and ...

The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his predecessor, Michel Aoun – who is not related to the new president.

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild. The ...

Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun has been ... came on the legislature’s 13th attempt to find a successor for Michel Aoun – not related – whose term ended in October 2022.

The parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after ...

reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system, has been vacant since Michel Aoun's (no relation) term ended in October 2022, with deeply divided factions unable ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no relation to Joseph Aoun. On Thursday, the country is set to hold elections ...