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 ...

But Aoun's election was not without controversy or universally supported, even among fellow Christians. One of the most influential Christian parties in the country, the Free Patriotic Movement of ...

President General Michel Aoun wrote on his account on the "X" platform: "The land belongs to its sons, to those who water it with their blood, to those who defend it with their ...

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

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 ...

Then, a Saudi delegation headed by the kingdom’s envoy, Prince Yazid bin Farhan, flew into Beirut for the second time in a ...

Lebanon's parliament chose the head of the country's armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, a post that's been ...

Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year ...

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

The vote Thursday marked the first time since June 2023 that Parliament had met to elect a president. Aoun’s predecessor, Michel Aoun (no relation), stepped down in 2022 at the end of his six ...

Lebanon had been without a president since the end of the tenure of former President Michel Aoun – who is not related to Joseph Aoun – in October 2022. The former president was backed by Iran ...

Lebanon’s former president, Michel Aoun (not related to Joseph Aoun) was a longtime ally of Hezbollah. The group had hoped it ...