Former President Michel Aoun received Prime Minister-designate Judge Nawaf Salam at his residence in Rabieh, where they discussed the current situation and the challenges facing Lebanon. President ...

His refusal to suppress the mass demonstrations by force was a main source of disagreement between him and then president Michel Aoun, which is why the latter’s party, the Free Patriotic ...

BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to Joseph Aoun on assuming the presidency of Lebanon. Noting that China and Lebanon enjoy a traditional friendship ...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday picked international jurist Nawaf Salam to form a government to pull the war-scarred country out of economic crisis. A majority of Lebanese lawmakers ...

Frangieh withdrew his candidacy and shifted his support to General Joseph Aoun, a figure backed by the United States, France, Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations. This loss for Hezbollah ...

Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, will visit Saudi Arabia following an invitation from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to a statement posted on X on Saturday.

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 ...

The political division had derailed Lebanon, leaving the country without a president following the end of the tenure of Michel Aoun — who is not related to the new head of state — in October 2022.

One of the most influential Christian parties in the country, the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current president — opposed his candidacy.

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 ...