Aoun, 60, has been commander of US-backed Lebanese army since 2017 and played a key role in shoring up a ceasefire between ...

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

Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday ... and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled in December. It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence in ...

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 a ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday ... and since its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power in December.

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

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 ...

Lebanon parliament elected Army Chief Joseph Aoun as the country new president on Thursday bringing an end to a prolonged political deadlock and presidenti ...

Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is ...

The Presidency is reserved for a Maronite Christian in the country's sectarian power-sharing system and has been vacant since Michel ... of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in neighboring Syria.

( MENAFN - Jordan Times) Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon's lawmakers on Thursday elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president after ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state on Thursday ... and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled in December. It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence ...