Lebanon’s newly elected President Joseph Aoun called Thursday for a comprehensive defense policy to counter Israeli assaults and for dialogue with neighboring Syria. Aoun was elected by the Lebanese ...

Aoun, no relation to former president Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the ... party in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar Assad. However, on Wednesday, Frangieh ...

Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum ...

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

Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese Army, now holds the presidency, following the terms of his predecessors: Emile Lahoud, Michel Suleiman ... advocated for pragmatic dialogue with neighboring ...

Three other former army chiefs - Emile Lahoud, Michel Suleiman and Michel Aoun - have served as president ... pitting factions backed by Iran and Syria against others supported by the West ...

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the ... party in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar Assad. However, on Wednesday, Frangieh ...