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

The Lebanese parliament elected armed forces commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday in a second ...

It ended when Michel Aoun was elected. In Lebanon ... but his term was extended twice during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.

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

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

And when President Michel Aoun vacated the presidency ... UN-defined border between Lebanon and Israel. Notably, Israel has welcomed Aoun’s appointment. But outside of the external and domestic ...

It ended when former president Michel Aoun was elected ... but his term was extended twice during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. He kept a low profile and avoided media appearances and never ...

Israel was swift to congratulate Beirut on ... The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. The two Aouns are not related.

Israel, Hezbollah blame each other for violating ... had neither a head of state nor a fully empowered cabinet since Michel Aoun left office. Lebanon, its economy still reeling from a devastating ...