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 rebuild.

Aoun headed the country’s army since 2017 and was selected Thursday to succeed Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. The two are not related. The election came amid a fragile ceasefire ...

But Aoun's election was not without controversy or universally supported, even among fellow Christians. One of the most influential Christian parties in the country, the Free Patriotic Movement of ...

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

Aoun’s predecessor is the Hezbollah-backed former President Michel Aoun (the two are not related). His tenure, which ended more than two years ago, was widely seen as an era of Iranian ...

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 rebuild. The ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Analysts said Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday and is considered a man of "personal integrity", was the right candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun -- no relation -- whose term as president ended ...

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 rebuild.