But who is Joseph Aoun? And why did it take so long for the Lebanese parliament to agree that he was the right person to lead ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect ... Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen ...

Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no ...

The election of army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun garnered rare consensus among the Lebanese, backed by the United States and ...

BEIRUT, Jan 9 (Reuters) - General Joseph Aoun ... including the last head of state Michel Aoun, who is no relation. In an ...

After years of gridlock, Lebanon’s parliament elected Aoun, the chief military commander, as president. His win could unlock ...

BEIRUT – Lebanon’s new president and former ... the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current president — opposed his candidacy.

The Lebanese parliament elected armed forces commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday in a second ...

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

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 9 (UPI ... In 2016, Hezbollah had forced the election of its ally, former Army commander Michel Aoun, after a 29-month vacuum in the presidency. On Thursday, Jospeh ...