Aoun was elected by the Lebanese parliament on Thursday, ending over two years of political vacuum since President Michel Aoun left office in October 2022. The meeting also addressed the ongoing ...

Lebanon’s former president, Michel Aoun (not related to Joseph Aoun) was a longtime ally of Hezbollah. The group had hoped it could install another ally into the presidential palace by ...

Aoun was elected by the Lebanese parliament on Thursday, ending over two years of political vacuum since President Michel Aoun left office in October 2022. * Writing by Rania Abu Shamala.

After former president Michel Aoun ended his term of office on October 31, 2022, the country’s parliament failed to elect a new president because the ruling party was unable to choose a candidate.

Aoun headed the country’s army since 2017 and was selected Thursday to succeed Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. The two are not related. Joseph Aoun was sworn into office as ...

During his first meeting with Lebanon’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian at the Baabda Palace ... of political vacuum since President Michel Aoun left office in October 2022.

NNA - Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, said after meeting with President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun: "We adopt all the contents of the oath speech, which is like ...

Aoun’s predecessor is the Hezbollah-backed former President Michel Aoun (the two are not related). His tenure, which ended more than two years ago, was widely seen as an era of Iranian ...

He also praised President Joseph Aoun’s inaugural speech after he was sworn in ... including Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif al-Derian, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai and Sheikh Akl of the Druze ...

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian expressed his appreciation for the inaugural speech and emphasized, during his visit to President Joseph Aoun, the importance of implementing its content. He ...

Such a state "can only be built upon fairness and equality among all components, who are united by one identity," Aoun told Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan in a meeting in Baabda. "There are ...