Aoun, 60, won 99 of 128 votes ... minister to form the country's first fully empowered government since 2022. Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the ...

Aoun's statements came amid the funeral of Hezbollah's fallen leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and his successor, Hashem Safi al-Din, which took place in Beirut. Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri ...

"Lebanon has grown tired of the wars of others on its land," Aoun told the Iranian officials, according to a statement shared by the newly appointed president, a former army chief seen as close to ...

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Gen. Joseph Aoun president Thursday, ending a political deadlock that had kept the office vacant since October 2022. Aoun, 60, won 99 of 128 votes.