Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...

The Mediterranean country had been without a president since the term of Michel Aoun ended in ... said she was “very happy” about Aoun’s election. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown ...

Widely seen as the preferred pick of the US, as well as regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia, he is perceived ... right candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun – no relation – whose term ...

Aoun was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance ... to choose a successor to former President Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October ...

Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum ...

Backed by the US and Saudi Arabia, Aoun is seen as crucial to stabilising ... placed to rebuild Lebanon after his predecessor, Michel Aoun (no relation), vacated the presidency in 2022.

Then-president Michel Aoun, who is not related to the ... Aoun’s candidacy to fill in the vacant top seat is also supported by Saudi Arabia. Aoun was also able to navigate the military ...

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild.

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

Aoun, no relation to former president Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild after ...

that international financial assistance — including from Saudi Arabia — hinged on Aoun's election. "There is a very clear message from the international community that they are ready to ...