Even the chief of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, Muhammad Raad, sounded tame. “By voting for his excellency President Aoun, we wanted to send a message that we are the defenders of national ...

Aoun, 61, is from Aichiye, a Christian village in Jezzine province, southern Lebanon. He joined the army as a cadet in 1983, during Lebanon’s 15-year civil war.

As Lebanon will move to fill the presidential vacancy left unoccupied since 2022 on Thursday, the Hezbollah-endorsed candidate has dropped out with the odds favoring Joseph Aoun, leader of the ...

Lebanon's parliament has elected army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a more than two-year vacancy during the country's political and economic crises. Lebanon's political deadlock has ...

Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacancy and marking a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial meltdown.

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 and averse to affiliating himself with any ...