Start here BEIRUT – Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself ...

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

General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and Hezbollah, ordering it to prioritize ...

Dedicated' - Aoun "has a reputation of personal integrity", said Karim Bitar, an international relations expert at Beirut's Saint-Joseph University. He came to prominence after leading the army in ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect Gen. Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as the country’s new president, ending a years-long leadership vacuum that ...

As Lebanon will move to fill the presidential vacancy left unoccupied since 2022 on Thursday, the Hezbollah-endorsed candidate has dropped out with the odds favoring Joseph Aoun, leader of the ...

Joseph Aoun is the first to be picked since the departure of Michel Aoun in 2022. Lebanese lawmakers were unable from the first session on Jan. 9 to elect a new president. A second session was ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with any ...

Aoun "has a reputation of personal integrity", said Karim Bitar, an international relations expert at Beirut's Saint-Joseph University. He came to prominence after leading the army in a battle to ...

In this photo released by the Lebanese Parliament media office, newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is sworn in as a new president, at the Lebanese parliament, in Beirut, Lebanon ...

Aoun “has a reputation of personal integrity”, said Karim Bitar, an international relations expert at Beirut’s Saint-Joseph University, told AFP. He came to prominence after leading the army ...