As Lebanon confronts the aftermath of another war with Israel, non-sectarian MP Michel Moawad discusses the new president, ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested his country might not withdraw all of its forces from Lebanon by a ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that Israel might not withdraw all of its forces from ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 12 failed attempts. Joseph ...

Lebanon’s former president, Michel Aoun (not related to Joseph Aoun ... which was unable to get its preferred candidate, Najib Mikati, back into power. In response to Salam’s appointment ...

After former president Michel Aoun ended his term of office on October 31, 2022, the country’s parliament failed to elect a new president because the ruling party was unable to choose a candidate.

This was the fractious parliament’s 13th try to replace President Michel Aoun (no relation) who left office when his six-year term ended in October 2022. Joseph Aoun is the fourth consecutive ...

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. Joseph Aoun was sworn into office as ...

Joseph Aoun succeeds Michel Aoun—no relation—who left the office at the ... Aoun's comments about establishing "positive neutrality" harken back to a founding principle for the Lebanese state, which ...

Lebanese Army Chief Commander Joseph Aoun, elected president, in Beirut on January 9. MOHAMED AZAKIR/REUTERS On Thursday, January 9, abandoning his traditional fatigues, Joseph Aoun made his ...

Joseph Aoun is the latest military figure to ascend to the presidency, joining predecessors such as Fouad Chehab and Michel Sleiman.

The presidency, reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system, has been vacant since Mr Michel Aoun’s term ended in October 2022, with deeply divided factions ...