The events that have unfolded in Lebanon between the election of a new president of the Republic on Thursday 9 January and ...

Joseph Aoun, 61, Lebanon’s army commander, takes the role of president after over two years of the seat being empty and 13 attempts to vote in a leader.

After former president Michel Aoun ended his term of office on October 31 ... and the recent hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, which saw the latter’s parliamentary position weakened. US ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 13 failed attempts. Joseph ...

The army fought in coordination with the Hezbollah militant group ... the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current president — opposed his candidacy.

Lebanon had been without a head of state since October 2022, when the term of then Hezbollah-backed former President Michel Aoun (no relation to Gen. Aoun) ended and had been functioning under a ...

“There is a very clear message from the international community that they are ready to support Lebanon, but that needs a president, a government,” Michel Mouawad, a Christian lawmaker opposed to ...

Lebanon’s army chief, Joseph Aoun, was elected president in the second round of the presidential vote held on Thursday, local ...

Joseph Aoun now faces the daunting task of steering Lebanon toward a brighter future. However, his tenure is likely to encounter persistent resistance from his opponents, particularly Hezbollah and it ...