Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than ...

The Mediterranean country had been without a president since the term of Michel Aoun ended in ... said she was “very happy” about Aoun’s election. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown ...

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi ...

Lebanon has elected a new president after multiple failed attempts had left the country without a head of state since 2022. General Joseph Aoun, head of the country's army since 2017, received 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 ... United States, Saudi Arabia and Qatar ...

Widely seen as the preferred pick of the US, as well as regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia, he is perceived ... right candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun – no relation – whose term ...

Aoun was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance ... It ended when former President Michel Aoun was elected. The president's role in Lebanon ...

Backed by the US and Saudi Arabia, Aoun is seen as crucial to stabilising ... placed to rebuild Lebanon after his predecessor, Michel Aoun (no relation), vacated the presidency in 2022.

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 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.