Aoun was elected by the Lebanese parliament on Thursday, ending over two years of political vacuum since President Michel Aoun left office in October ... Addressing ties with Syria, Aoun said, “We ...

Judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation last month, charging 10 people including security, customs and military personnel ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing the diminished sway of the Iran ...

The outcome reflected shifts in the power balance in Lebanon and the wider Middle East, with Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah badly pummelled from last year's war, and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad ...

“We have a historic opportunity to reestablish relations with Syria.” In becoming president ... including the last head of state Michel Aoun, who is of no relation. Aoun’s election is ...

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the ... party in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar Assad. However, on Wednesday, Frangieh ...

However, the balance remained fragile, especially after Michel Aoun’s complete mutation from self-proclaimed champion of the opposition to the Syrian regime in Lebanon to ally of the Lebanese ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Thursday deliveres a letter from His Majesty King Abdullah to Lebanese President Michel Aoun during a meeting at ... withdraw from occupied ...

His election reflected shifts in the power balance in Lebanon and the wider Middle East, with Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah badly pummelled from 2024’s war, and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad ...