Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate ... said that the military and political weakening of Hezbollah following its war with Israel and the fall ...

Israel was swift to congratulate Beirut on ... The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. The two Aouns are not related.

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago ... who are influential in ensuring the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is intact, serving as patrol buffers in the south of the ...

Analysts said Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday and is considered a man of “personal integrity,” was the right candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun ... between Israel and Hezbollah, which ...

Aoun, no relation to former president Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the ... Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild after between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the ... political weakening of Hezbollah following its war with Israel and the fall of its ally, Assad, in Syria, along ...

The last session aimed at electing a president was held on June 14, 2023, before the clashes between Hezbollah and Israel began. Former President Michel Aoun himself was elected in 2016 only after ...

Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a 60-year-old career soldier who kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group ...

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