Yarmouk Refugee Camp, Damascus. Known simply as “the General”, Michel Naim Aoun was born in a peaceful mixed Christian-Shia area of Haret Hreik, now a core Hezbollah zone.

Michel Aoun poses at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on Monday. WAEL HAMZEH / EPA. The 81-year-old former army commander is a strong ally of the militant group Hezbollah.

Michel Naim Aoun (Arabic: ميشال نعيم عون‎) (born September 30, 1933) is a Lebanese politician. From 22 September 1988 to 13 October 1990, he served as Prime Minister of the legal one ...

If Michel Aoun is, as he claimed on his dramatic return to Beirut, "the father, the grandfather and the son of the opposition", then the outspoken ex-army chief has had an almighty family row. His ...

BEIRUT – Michel Aoun, Lebanon's strong-willed Christian leader, has waited more than three decades for the chance to become president. On Monday, the 81-year-old politician finally fulfilled his ...

BEIRUT, October 31. /TASS/. Lebanon’s unicameral parliament on Monday elected Christian politician Michel Naim Aoun as the country’s new president. The 81-year-old leader of the Free Patriotic ...

When Michel Aoun became president in 2016, putting an end to a two-year power vacuum due to political wrangling, he vowed to be the "strong" president Lebanon so desperately needed.

Michel Aoun’s comments were the most senior confirmation that Lebanon's top leaders and security officials were aware of the 2,750 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate that had been ...

As Aoun now moves to find a new prime minister, he’ll have Hezbollah’s interests foremost on his mind. That means a new prime minister who refuses to undertake necessary reforms and who ...

Michel Aoun, onetime disputed president, was welcomed to palace with 21-gun salute. CNN — Lebanon’s parliament ended the country’s 29-month leadership stalemate Monday by electing a ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Michel Aoun, Lebanon's strong-willed Christian leader, has waited more than three decades for the chance to become president. On Monday, the 81-year-old politician finally ...