BEIRUT, Jan 9 (Reuters) - General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group ...

Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun has been elected as the country’s president, ending a power vacuum that lasted for more than two years. Aoun secured 99 votes from the 128-seat parliament to ...

Beirut, Lebanon: Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun was voted in as president in a second round of parliamentary voting Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the crisis-hit, war-battered ...

Lebanese Army commander Joseph Aoun is the new president of Lebanon. The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his pred ...

Joseph Aoun is the first to be picked since the departure of Michel Aoun in 2022. Lebanese lawmakers were unable from the first session on Jan. 9 to elect a new president. A second session was ...

LEBANON’S NEW PRESIDENT Joseph Aoun (left) shakes hands with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, after Aoun was elected by parliament as head of state, last Thursday. The writer asks ...

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 ...

In this case, Aoun garnered 99 votes in the second round, enabling his proclamation as president. The electoral process that led to electing Joseph Aoun as Lebanon's new president was shaped by the ...

ALBAWABA - The Lebanese Parliament set January 9 as the date of the session to elect the President of Lebanon amid high anticipation on who could be elected after years of political deadlock in ...

General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and Hezbollah, ordering it to prioritize ...