Aoun, 60, won 99 of 128 votes ... minister to form the country's first fully empowered government since 2022. Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the ...

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 Hezbollah, ordering it to prioritize ...

Aoun's appointment has been backed by several certain countries, including Saudi Arabia, France, and the United States, all of which have maintained close ties with him during his tenure as Commander ...

Debates were heated and army chief Joseph Aoun was dismissed by many politicians as constitutionally unqualified for the presidency because of his military post. It looked like parliament was ...

Lebanese Chief of Staff Joseph Aoun swears in as the President of the Republic of Lebanon at the Parliament, after being elected by the parliament members in Beirut, Lebanon on January 9 ...

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Gen. Joseph Aoun president Thursday, ending a political deadlock that had kept the office vacant since October 2022. Aoun, 60, won 99 of 128 votes.