The 60-year-old career soldier is the fifth Lebanese army commander to be elected president in the country's history ...

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate ... said that the military and political weakening of Hezbollah following its war with Israel and the fall ...

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

After years of gridlock, Lebanon’s parliament elected Aoun, the chief military commander, as president. His win could unlock money for postwar reconstruction.

The Lebanese parliament elected armed forces commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday in a second round of voting. Aoun received 99 votes in a second vote from the 128-member ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago ... who are influential in ensuring the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is intact, serving as patrol buffers in the south of the ...

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 ...

ended a 13-month conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. The Lebanese military plays a central role in implementing the ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say ...

The ceasefire ended fighting that began in October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel in support of ... vacant since former President Michel Aoun stepped down in October 2022.

A fiery exchange erupted in Lebanon’s Parliament on Tuesday, after journalist-turned-politician Paula Yacoubian was verbally ...

The Lebanese military largely stayed on the sidelines in the Israel-Hezbollah war ... the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current president ...