Lebanon’s new government should prioritize protecting and promoting human rights, accountability, transparency, and the rule ...

The election of President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is a political breakthrough in Lebanon and a harbinger ...

An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to Joseph Aoun on assuming the presidency of Lebanon. Noting that China and Lebanon enjoy a traditional friendship ...

Since yesterday, Joseph Aoun has officially begun his duties as President of Lebanon. This prominent military figure, who spent much of his life in an olive military uniform, fully understands that ...

BEIRUT — 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 tenuous ...

General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who ... became the fifth Lebanese army commander to be elected president in Lebanon's history, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the post.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with ...