Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...

Aoun, no relation to former president Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi ...

The Mediterranean country had been without a president since the term of Michel Aoun ended in ... said she was “very happy” about Aoun’s election. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown ...

Widely seen as the preferred pick of the US, as well as regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia, he is perceived ... right candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun – no relation – whose term ...

Backed by the US and Saudi Arabia, Aoun is seen as crucial to stabilising ... placed to rebuild Lebanon after his predecessor, Michel Aoun (no relation), vacated the presidency in 2022.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The vote came ...

Aoun, no relation to former president Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild.

While 12 previous attempts have failed to choose a successor to former President Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022 ... He is widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The vote came weeks after a tenuous ...