Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 13 failed attempts. Joseph ...

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi ...

Former President Michel Aoun received Prime Minister-designate Judge Nawaf Salam at his residence in Rabieh, where they ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no ...

The Lebanese parliament elected armed forces commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday in a second ...

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

Lebanon’s members of parliament had failed in 12 previous rounds of voting to reach a consensus on a president, leaving the presidency vacant since former President Michel Aoun stepped down in ...

Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and ...

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 – who is not related to the new president.

Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a political neophyte whose position as head of ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph ... the Free Patriotic Movement of former President ...

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 rebuild.