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

Former President Michel Aoun visited Baabda Palace on Friday to meet with newly elected President Joseph Aoun. After the meeting, Michel Aoun said, “It is only natural to come and congratulate him, ...

Head of Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement MP Gebran Bassil has demonstrated his ability to change his stances and adapt to ...

Lebanese lawmakers ended a two-year presidential deadlock by electing General Joseph Aoun, the respected army commander, as ...

The vote Thursday marked the first time since June 2023 that parliament had met to elect a president — and the 13th time since 2022, when Aoun’s predecessor, Michel Aoun (no relation), prepared to ...

Former President Michel Aoun received Prime Minister-designate Judge Nawaf Salam at his residence in Rabieh, where they ...

In becoming president, a post reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon's sectarian system, he will follow in the ...

Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and pledged to rebuild the state, adopt a policy of "positive neutrality" and ...

Ambassador Magro meets with President Joseph Aoun at Presidential Palace in Baabda to discuss preparations for French ...

ALBAWABA - Joseph Aoun, Lebanese army commander, just got elected as Lebanon's 14th president in the second voting session of the Lebanese parliament wi ...

NNA - Lebanon's First Lady, Neemat Aoun, on Tuesday received at Baabda Palace, Mrs. Joyce Amine Gemayel, who congratulated her host on the election of General Joseph Aoun as president of the re ...

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. The ...