Lebanon’s Army Chief, General Joseph Aoun, has been elected as the country’s new president, ending a two-year vacancy in the nation’s highest office. Aoun secured 99 votes out of 128 in a decisive ...

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 enforcing ...

IT IS RARE that a presidential palace stays empty for long: politics abhors a vacuum. But the one in Baabda, in the hills above Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, has been vacant since October 2022, when ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected General Joseph Aoun as president on January 9, 2025, ending a two-year stalemate. Parliament had failed to elect a president 12 times following the end of the previous ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese President Joseph Aoun summoned Nawaf Salam, head of the International Court of Justice, to designate him prime minister after most lawmakers nominated him on Monday, a big ...

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, the president of Lebanon has asked for international assistance to help it rebuild from the devastating port blast on August 4. Watch President Michel ...

Lebanon's powerful ex-premier Saad Hariri is expected to endorse Hezbollah ally Michel Aoun for president, a post that has been vacant for almost 30 months, a senior politician said Wednesday. Lebanon ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Parliament voted Thursday to elect General Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as the country’s new president, ending a years-long leadership vacuum that hobbled ...