The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. Hezbollah previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh ...

Suleiman Franjieh became Lebanon’s president in 1970 ... However, the balance remained fragile, especially after Michel ...

Analysis: After a two-year vacuum, the election of army chief Joseph Aoun as president reflects a changing balance of power ...

Lebanon's parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long ...

The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to former president Michel Aoun — no relation to the army ... war with Israel — previously backed another candidate, Suleiman ...

Momentum built behind Aoun on Wednesday as Hezbollah’s long preferred candidate, Suleiman Frangieh ... but that needs a president, a government,” Michel Mouawad, a Christian lawmaker opposed to ...

Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese Army, now holds the presidency, following the terms of his predecessors: Emile Lahoud, Michel Suleiman, and Michel Aoun. This came after the Lebanese ...

The West Asian nation has been without a president since October 2022, when Michel Aoun’s six-year term came to an ... File Image/Reuters Notably, Hezbollah, which initially supported Suleiman ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The vote came weeks after a ...