Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and pledged to rebuild the state, adopt a policy of "positive neutrality" and ...

BEIRUT — 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 any party or ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect Gen. Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as the country’s new president, ending a years-long leadership vacuum that hobbled the ...

People celebrate in the streets of Klayaa, Lebanon, on Tuesday after Joseph Aoun was elected president. (Karamallah Daher/Reuters) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar congratulated Lebanon ...

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

Lebanon's parliament elected the former army commander president after a two-year vacancy for the head of state.

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday ... but that needs a president, a government," Michel Mouawad, a Christian lawmaker opposed to Hezbollah who voted ...

The caretaker government that has run Lebanon for the last two years has reduced powers because it was not appointed by a sitting president. Joseph Aoun is the fifth former army commander to ascend to ...

The Lebanese president has to be a Maronite Christian ... Frangieh withdrew his candidacy and backed Joseph Aoun. The last time Lebanon had a successful presidential election was in 2016 when ...

General Joseph Aoun secured 99 votes from the 128-seat parliament, after winning an endorsement from the Hezbollah-backed candidate. The career soldier is the fifth army commander to be elected ...

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