While Christian divisions dominated the presidential scene, the Maronite Church, headquartered at Bkerke, the episcopal see of the Maronite Catholic ... Lebanon, who have endured decades of war ...

There is no accurate demographic information on the number of different sects in Lebanon, and there has been no official census since 1932. But, Maronite Catholics are the largest Christian ...

Aoun was born in Sin el-Fil near Beirut and enrolled in the army in 1983 during Lebanon's civil war. His first assignment ... a post reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon's sectarian ...

Around 100,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes in what had been British-ruled Palestine during the war arrive ... after Lebanon's newly elected Maronite Catholic president ...

Maronite Christianity. Aoun’s official Lebanese army biography states that he enrolled in the military academy in 1983, during the Lebanese civil war. He steadily rose through the ranks ...

Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system calls for a Maronite Christian president ... In the wake of Lebanon’s 15-year civil war, which ended in 1990, the powers of the presidency were ...

Aoun was born in Sin el-Fil near Beirut and enrolled in the army in 1983 during Lebanon's civil war. His first assignment ... a post reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon's sectarian ...