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

The presidency had been vacant since Michel Aoun's (no relation) term ended in October 2022 ... weakened by a 14-month war ...

With the fall of Assad in December, the election of Aoun and Salam in Lebanon marks the second dramatic political shift in ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected Joseph Aoun, the United States-backed Army Chief, as the country’s new president, breaking a ...

Election of Joseph Aoun is seen as a step towards reviving government institutions and securing international aid for Lebanon ...

Aoun received 99 out of 128 votes in Parliament after failing to get the required majority in the first round earlier in the ...

Aoun, 60, has been commander of US-backed Lebanese army since 2017 and played a key role in shoring up a ceasefire between ...

with officials seeing better odds of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's assault on Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The post, reserved for ...

The move fills the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing that Hezbollah's influence in the ...

with officials seeing better odds of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's assault on Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The post, reserved for ...

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general ...