Following tense scenes early in the session, the first round of Thursday's vote concluded with 71 votes for Joseph Aoun, the ...

STORY: Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday.The move elevates a ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 13 failed attempts. Joseph ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected army commander ... in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, announced on Wednesday he had withdrawn from the race and ...

With a nearly unanimous 99 out of 128 votes, the Lebanese parliament elected the head of the army, Gen. Joseph Aoun, as ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected the US ... coupled with the downfall of its ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December, severely weakened Hezbollah, reviving a long-standing domestic ...

Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year ...

NPR's Emily Feng and Jawad Rizkallah met some of them across the Syrian border in Lebanon, where many are ... which former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and his family also belong to and who ...

Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday, arrived in parliament to take the oath of ... lost a major ally when rebels toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail ...

In his inaugural speech to parliament, Mr Aoun pledged "a new phase in Lebanon's history ... from last year's war and its Syrian ally, Bashar al-Assad, toppled in December.