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 ...

People celebrate in the streets of Klayaa, Lebanon, on Tuesday after Joseph Aoun was elected president. (Karamallah Daher/Reuters) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar congratulated Lebanon ...

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 ...

After two years of political deadlock, Lebanon elected Gen Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as its new ...

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

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with any ...

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday ... but that needs a president, a government," Michel Mouawad, a Christian lawmaker opposed to Hezbollah who voted ...

Beirut: Israeli troops opened fire in south Lebanon on Sunday, killing 22 residents and a Lebanese soldier, health officials said as hundreds of people tried to return to their homes on the deadline ...

The caretaker government that has run Lebanon for the last two years has reduced powers because it was not appointed by a sitting president. Joseph Aoun is the fifth former army commander to ascend to ...

Lebanese Army commander Joseph Aoun is the new president of Lebanon. The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his pred ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no relation to Joseph Aoun. On Thursday, the country is set to hold elections ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect Gen. Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as the country’s new president, ending a years-long leadership vacuum that ...