Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense and averse to affiliating himself with any party or even expressing ...

Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday ... In a telephone call with Aoun, Macron said he would visit Lebanon "very soon", the French presidency said. International ...

Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a political neophyte whose position as head of one of the country's most respected institutions helped end a two-year ...

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

Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun has been elected as the country’s president, ending a power vacuum that lasted for more than two years. Aoun secured 99 votes from the 128-seat parliament to ...

Outcome reflects shifts in the power balance in the country and the wider Middle East, with Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah ...

Lebanon’s Parliament has elected the country’s army chief on Thursday, 9 January, Joseph Aoun, as president, ending a two-year power vacuum. The election saw Aoun win with 99 votes in the sec ...

After two years of political stalemate, Lebanon has elected army commander Joseph Aoun as its new president. Aoun garnered 99 ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile ... brigade before being appointed army chief in March 2017. During his tenure as commander ...

Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun, who was elected president in a second ... The terms require the Lebanese military to deploy into southern Lebanon as Israeli troops and Hezbollah withdraw forces.

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