Army chief Joseph Aoun elected president after role was vacant for 2 years; Israel welcomes move, hope for stability * 800 ...

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

Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than ...

The Lebanese army has begun deploying to the coastal town of Naqoura following the withdrawal of Israeli troops as part of a ...

BEIRUT: Lebanon's lawmakers voted for a second time in the day on Thursday (Jan 9) to elect a much-needed president, with ...

Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's new president, was elected after a two-year vacancy. He was favored by the US and Saudi Arabia, ...

The president pledged to develop "a new Lebanese defense doctrine that will protect the country from Israeli aggression" ...