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

Israeli forces killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more in the country’s south, Lebanese officials said. Israel had ...

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 ...

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

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The vote came weeks after a tenuous ...

A key opportunity lies in Mediterranean natural gas deposits, which could provide economic relief and energy security for ...

Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing the diminished sway of the Iran-backed ...

Joseph Aoun has ties to the United States”. “While he maintained relations with everyone, Hezbollah-affiliated media often criticised him” for those US ties, he told AFP. Washington is the main ...

After two years of political deadlock, Lebanon elected Gen Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as its new ...

In a phone call with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who had called to congratulate him on winning the elections, Aoun said, “Saudi Arabia would be the first destination in his visits abroad” ...

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

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.