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

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

After years of gridlock, Lebanon’s parliament elected Aoun, the chief military commander, as president. His win could unlock money for postwar reconstruction.

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, ...

Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and pledged to rebuild the state, adopt a policy of "positive neutrality" and ...

Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a 60-year-old career soldier who kept his ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more ...

General Joseph Aoun needs to balance the competing interests of political factions, international donors and regional powers ...

The move fills the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing that Hezbollah's influence in the country has diminished after a devastating war with Israel.

Lebanon's parliament elected the former army commander president after a two-year vacancy for the head of state.

Lebanon’s parliament voted on Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more ...

The former army chief, a favorite of Washington, Paris and Riyadh, says he wants to rebuild his country, currently in tatters ...