The new president speaks of a new paina in the history of Lebanon and ‘respect for the Constitution’. An appointment welcomed by the international community, including by Tel Aviv and

BEIRUT – Lebanon’s new president and former ... the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current president — opposed his candidacy.

The horror of the Beirut explosion in August 2020, which killed more than 220 people, added to the sense that the country’s rulers had completely failed the Lebanese people. And when President Michel Aoun vacated the presidency in October 2022 ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no relation to Joseph Aoun. On Thursday, the country is set to hold elections to fill the top post, potentially ushering in a new era of leadership.

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.

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

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 fight corruption.

Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a political neophyte whose position as head of one of the country's most respected institutions helped end a two-year deadlock.

The election of army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun garnered rare consensus among the Lebanese, backed by the United States and Saudi Arabia in the first presidential election for Lebanon following the fall of the Assad regime.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect ... Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to ...

One of the most influential Christian parties in the country, the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation ... Sally About AlJoud in Beirut and Mustapha Baba in ...

Photo by Rahim Rhéa/UPI BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 9 (UPI ... former Army commander Michel Aoun, after a 29-month vacuum in the presidency. On Thursday, Jospeh Aoun emerged as a leading candidate ...