In the first round, Aoun failed to secure a majority – in the second round, the Shia bloc of Hezbollah and Speaker Berri voted for Aoun, ... Muhammad Raad, sounded tame.

Police said accused Imran and Ramzan had murdered Muhammad Riaz, the father of accused Ali Sher. He (Ali Sher) and his accomplice, Arif Bhatti, opened fire on them.

Lebanon’s parliament has elected its US-backed army chief to be the country’s next president, ending a years-long political stalemate and presidential vacuum.

Lebanon's parliament chose the head of the country's armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, a post that's been vacant since October 2022. Accessibility links.

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

Wayne County court records show that Aoun pleaded no contest on Oct. 28, 2009, to malicious destruction of personal property $1,000 or more but less than $20,000; pleaded guilty on June 6, 2012 ...

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 Hezbollah, ordering it to ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected the US-backed army chief to be the country’s new president, ending a years-long political stalemate and presidential vacuum. Army chief Joseph Aoun was voted ...

Lebanese Army commander Joseph Aoun is the new president of Lebanon. The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his ...