The Lebanese parliament elected armed forces commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday in a second ...

General Joseph Aoun was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States, which funds, trains, and arms the ...

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

General Joseph Aoun secured 99 votes from the 128-seat parliament, after winning an endorsement from the Hezbollah-backed ...

General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of ...

As the country endured economic crisis and a devastating war, lawmakers failed 12 times to pick a head of state. They have ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected its US-backed army chief to be the country’s next president, ending a years-long political ...

Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected Gen. Joseph Aoun as the 14th president of the country after a two-year vacancy of the position.

Lebanon's parliament chose the head of the country's armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, a post that's been ...

The election marks the first test of Lebanon's power balance since Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah emerged badly pummelled from last year's war with Israel, and since its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was topp ...

The outcome showed the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group after its devastating war with Israel.