For more than two years Beirut’s deadlocked politicians had failed to pick a replacement for Michel Aoun, whose term as president ended ... and President Assad is no longer in power in Syria, a ...

"Iran supports a stable, secure and independent Lebanon ... came on the legislature’s 13th attempt to find a successor for Michel Aoun – not related – whose term ended in October 2022. Following his ...

Meantime, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei congratulated ... Lebanon has been functioning without a formal government since October 2022, when former president Michel Aoun left office ...

Lebanon's parliament has elected the country's army chief as president, ending a power vacuum that has lasted more than two years.

He did not name those powers but could have been referencing the rivalry between Iran on one side, which backs the Lebanese ... leaving the presidency vacant since former President Michel Aoun stepped ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected its US-backed army chief to be the country’s next president, ending a years-long political ...

LEBANESE PRESIDENT Michel Aoun (right ... before seeing its role eclipsed by Iran and Hezbollah. Aoun, head of Lebanon's U.S.-backed army, would still need 86 votes because his election requires ...

(Bloomberg) -- Lebanon’s lawmakers elected army commander Joseph Aoun as the country’s first president in more than two years, picking a US-backed candidate in a sign of Iran’s waning ...

The election of Joseph Aoun to the presidency of Lebanon has profound implications for the country, both domestically and ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed Iran ... Aoun is the latest military figure to ascend to the presidency, joining predecessors such as Fouad Chehab and Michel Sleiman.

Lebanon had been without a president since the end of the tenure of former President Michel Aoun – who is not related to Joseph Aoun – in October 2022. The former president was backed by Iran ...