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 ...

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.

Aoun’s victory, which saw members of parliament erupting in celebration as he reached the required threshold of 86 votes, came on the legislature’s 13th attempt to find a successor for Michel ...

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 ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The vote came weeks after a tenuous ...

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 - no relation to the previous president Michel Aoun - has been chief of the Lebanese Army and was the preferred choice of the United States, France and Saudi Arabia, all of whom sent senior ...

He is a Maronite Christian, in keeping with religious Lebanon's power-sharing rules. Aoun - no relation to the previous president Michel Aoun - has been chief of the Lebanese Army and was the ...

It was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the army commander — whose term ended in October 2022. Aoun is widely seen as the ...

Lebanon’s parliament was due to meet on Thursday to make yet another effort to elect a president, filling a vacuum that has lasted for more than two years. While 12 previous attempts have failed ...