With the fall of Assad in December, the election of Aoun and Salam in Lebanon marks the second dramatic political shift in ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no ...

The presidency had been vacant since Michel Aoun's (no relation) term ended in October 2022 ... weakened by a 14-month war ...

HTS in its current iteration led a lightning offensive that toppled Syrian president Bashar Assad last month and ... Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected Joseph Aoun, the United States-backed Army Chief, as the country’s new president, breaking a ...

Recommended Videos Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen ... with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar Assad. However, on Wednesday, Frangieh announced he ...

The move fills the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing that Hezbollah's influence in the ...

Aoun received 99 out of 128 votes in Parliament after failing to get the required majority in the first round earlier in the ...

with officials seeing better odds of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's assault on Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The post, reserved for ...

Outcome reflects shifts in the power balance in the country and the wider Middle East, with Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah ...

Election of Joseph Aoun is seen as a step towards reviving government institutions and securing international aid for Lebanon ...

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general ...