That's when Michel Aoun - not related to the new President Aoun - left office as planned. Sweets were handed out on the streets of Beirut. The first pictures featuring the face of the new head of ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that Israel might not withdraw all of its forces from Lebanon by a ...

Following the bitter objections of the "Shiite Duo" to Dr. Nawaf Salam’s designation as prime minister, he is seeking to reassure them by stressing that he has two choices: "accommodation" or ...

The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to former President Michel Aoun — no relation ... But soldiers have posted dozens of photos and videos that appear to ...

Hezbollah supporters have resorted to provocative rallies in several areas in Beirut, Mount Lebanon and the South to "deliver ...

It is an issue that dominated Michel Aoun’s presidency in Lebanon ... Today, the situation in Syria presents a clearer picture. Years of looting and destruction have left a homeland without ...

An exception is Michel Aoun, who led the Free Patriotic Movement before becoming president. The Lebanese president has to be a Maronite Christian, according to Lebanon’s political representation ...

This is particularly true in Lebanon, especially following new fractures in the Hezbollah-Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) alliance. In the closing days of 2021, President Michel ...

The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his predecessor, Michel Aoun – who is not related to the new president.

Joseph Aoun is the first to be picked since the departure of Michel Aoun in 2022. Lebanese lawmakers were unable from the first session on Jan. 9 to elect a new president. A second session was ...

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. Born in 1964 ...