Prime Minister Netanyahu hints at a potential delay in Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon by the ceasefire deadline, amid US ...

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

Israel’s war on Lebanon at the end of 2023 ... candidates who are not part of political movements. An exception is Michel Aoun, who led the Free Patriotic Movement before becoming president.

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 ...

It ended when Michel Aoun was elected. In Lebanon ... but his term was extended twice during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. He kept a low profile and avoided media appearances and never formally ...

It ended when former President Michel Aoun was elected ... apart from implementing the ceasefire agreement that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war and seeking funds for reconstruction.

Israel was swift to congratulate Beirut on ... The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. The two Aouns are not related.

Israel, Hezbollah blame each other for violating ... had neither a head of state nor a fully empowered cabinet since Michel Aoun left office. Lebanon, its economy still reeling from a devastating ...

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 ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago ... who are influential in ensuring the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is intact, serving as patrol buffers in the south of the ...

Analysts said Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday and is considered a man of “personal integrity,” was the right candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun ... between Israel and Hezbollah, which ...

Aoun, no relation to former president Michel Aoun. The session was the legislature’s 13th ... the state would have "a monopoly" on arms after a devastating war between Israel and Hizbollah. AFP ...