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

Lebanon’s newly elected President Joseph Aoun called Thursday for a comprehensive defense policy to counter Israeli assaults and for dialogue with neighboring Syria. Aoun was elected by the Lebanese ...

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the ... party in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar Assad. However, on Wednesday, Frangieh ...

Head of Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement MP Gebran Bassil has demonstrated his ability to change his stances and adapt to ...

But the one in Baabda, in the hills above Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, has been vacant since October 2022, when Michel Aoun finished his ... s regime in neighbouring Syria. It seemed as if mps ...

Restoring "best relations" with the Arab countries, especially the rich Gulf states and new post-Assad Syria, was another ... former Army commander Michel Aoun, after a 29-month vacuum in the ...

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 – no relation – whose term as ...

The election of Joseph Aoun to the presidency of Lebanon has profound implications for the country, both domestically and ...

Aoun was elected by the Lebanese parliament on Thursday, ending over two years of political vacuum since President Michel Aoun left office in October ... Addressing ties with Syria, Aoun said, “We ...

The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his predecessor, Michel Aoun ... terrain between Syria and Lebanon ...

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate ... the leader of a small Christian party in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President ...