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 members of parliament had failed in 12 previous rounds of voting to reach a consensus on a president, leaving the presidency vacant since former President Michel Aoun stepped down in October ...

Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...

Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than ...

Analysts say Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday and is considered a man of “personal integrity”, could be the right candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun ... into southern Lebanon as Israeli ...

Former President Michel Aoun received Prime Minister-designate Judge Nawaf Salam at his residence in Rabieh, where they ...

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 ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 9 (UPI ... In 2016, Hezbollah had forced the election of its ally, former Army commander Michel Aoun, after a 29-month vacuum in the presidency. On Thursday, Jospeh ...

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.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that Israel might not withdraw all of its forces from Lebanon by a deadline ...

Suleiman’s successor, Michel Aoun, largely left the group unchallenged but alienated Lebanon’s allies in the Persian Gulf. With Hezbollah largely beaten on the battlefield, some of the group ...

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.