BEIRUT, Jan 9 (Reuters) - General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group ...

A key opportunity lies in Mediterranean natural gas deposits, which could provide economic relief and energy security for ...

NNA - President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, on Thursday met with the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, with whom he discussed ...

President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM-designate Nawaf Salam met Thursday in Baabda for around two hours without managing to resolve "a dispute over the fifth Shiite minister" in the new ...

President of the Lebanese Republic, General Joseph Aoun, stressed the central role of the judiciary in building a state, ...

The new head of state is elected in the second round of voting this afternoon with 99 votes out of 128. Sources tell AsiaNews that Saudi and Quintet support was key. His first tasks include ...

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Lebanon's parliament elected the former army commander president after a two-year vacancy for the head of state.

“Today, a new phase in Lebanon’s history begins,” General Aoun said during his victory speech. The vote was seen as a crucial milestone for Lebanon, and people in Beirut, the ...

Aoun, a 60-year-old career soldier, became the fifth Lebanese army commander to be elected as president in Lebanon's history, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the post. Since taking over the ...