A high-stakes visit by US envoy Tom Barrack to Beirut has opened a “diplomatic window” to de-escalate tensions along the ...

Michel Aoun describes Sunni community as ‘a symbol of moderation internally and a core part of the Arab and international ...

Aoun, 61, is from Aichiye, a Christian village in Jezzine province, southern Lebanon. He joined the army as a cadet in 1983, during Lebanon's 15-year civil war.

Lebanon 's widely respected army chief Joseph Aoun was elected president in the second round of a parliamentary vote on Thursday in the 13th attempt by the legislature to elect a successor to ...

Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun on Thursday became the country’s 14th president, filling the top seat that has been vacant since Michel Aoun left office in October 2022.

A second session was hosted during which 128 MPs cast their ballots. Lebanon's 13th President Michel Aoun left office after serving from 31 October 31, 2016, to October 30, 2022.

The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the army commander — whose term ended in October 2022.

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.

Michel Aoun Hezbollah Loses Majority Bloc in Lebanon Election, Results Show Voters drove out vital parliamentary allies of the militant faction, though not Hezbollah candidates themselves.

Supporters of Lebanon's head of state, Michel Aoun, as he prepares to leave at the end of his term, outside the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon. October 30, 2022. ANWAR AMRO / AFP ...

Lebanon President Michel Aoun speaks at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2019, in New York City. He resigned from the presidency on Sunday.