Michael Aoun, 34, was driving a red Chrysler minivan just after 8 p.m. Wednesday on Dali Boulevard South East when he lost ...

Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...

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

This is particularly true in Lebanon, especially following new fractures in the Hezbollah-Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) alliance. In the closing days of 2021, President Michel ...

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 ...

Head of Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement MP Gebran Bassil has demonstrated his ability to change his stances and adapt to ...

Aoun, a 60-year-old career soldier ... including the last head of state Michel Aoun, who is no relation. In an unusually political statement for an army commander, Aoun criticised ruling ...

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

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, the Lebanese army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a 60-year-old career soldier who ... right candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun – no relation – whose ...