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 ...

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 ...

Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun on Thursday became the country’s 14th president, filling the top seat that has been vacant since Michel Aoun left office in October 2022. Born in 1964 ...

Joseph Aoun, head of Lebanon’s army, on Thursday was elected as the country’s 14th president of the republic. The 60-year-old commander takes over the position that has been vacant for over ...

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 ...

Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun was voted in as the country’s 14th president on Thursday, ending more than two years of political vacuum. Aoun, who is backed by the United States and Saudi ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s army chief, Gen. Joseph Aoun, was elected president on Thursday after a more than two-year vacuum at the top position in the country amid deepening political rivalries, economic and ...

As Lebanese lawmakers prepare to elect a president on Thursday, some parties are still reluctant to support leading candidate army chief Joseph Aoun, who seems to be supported by the United States, ...

General Joseph Aoun, head of the country's army since 2017, received the required number of parliamentary votes in the second round of voting on Thursday afternoon. He is a Maronite Christian ...

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 the armed group Hezbollah, ordering it ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday. The presidency, reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system, has been vacant ...

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 ...