Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense and averse to affiliating himself with any party or even expressing ...

BEIRUT (AP) — 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 ...

Beirut: Israeli troops opened fire in south Lebanon on Sunday, killing 22 residents and a Lebanese soldier, health officials said as hundreds of people tried to return to their homes on the deadline ...

Israeli forces killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more in the country’s south, Lebanese officials said. Israel had ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 9 (UPI) --Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and pledged to rebuild the state, adopt a ...

Joseph Aoun has ties to the United States”. “While he maintained relations with everyone, Hezbollah-affiliated media often criticised him” for those US ties, he told AFP. Washington is the main ...

Three people were killed and 31 others wounded while trying to return to homes in south Lebanon as Israeli forces, defying a ...

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

Lebanese lawmakers 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-backed ...

Hezbollah, one of Lebanon's most powerful political players, has been significantly weakened by its conflict with Israel.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Macron will meet the newly-elected Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, ...

Israeli forces killed at least three people and injured dozens more in the country’s south, Lebanese officials said. Israel ...