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

General Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces (and now newly elected president), at the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, on June 26, 2018 (Arlington National Cemetery / ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group Hezbollah, ...

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

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

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 ...

The former leader has no relation to Joseph Aoun. However, this time ... been stage-managed by countries like the United States and Israel, whose foreign minister offered a rare congratulations ...

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.

The Israeli government is seeking to keep military positions in southern Lebanon past a Sunday withdrawal deadline, set in a ...

The Israeli government said on Thursday a ceasefire deal with the Iran-backed group Hezbollah was not being implemented fast enough, days before Israel is meant to complete a withdrawal of its forces ...

Lebanon’s prime minister-designate has vowed to rebuild the country following years of economic meltdown and a 14-month war ...

Joseph Aoun, head of Lebanon ’s army, on Thursday was elected as the country’s 14th president of the republic. The ...