BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon has no plans to have normal relations with Israel at the present time, and Beirut’s main aim is to ...

The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his predecessor, Michel Aoun – who is not related to the new president.

Lebanon's parliament chose the head of the country's armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, a post that's been vacant since October 2022.

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has vacated the presidential palace with no successor in line to replace him as the divided country struggles to recover from a years-long financial crisis ...

After years of gridlock, Lebanon’s parliament elected Aoun, the chief military commander, as president. His win could unlock money for postwar reconstruction.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun played down the prospects of normalisation with Israel, for the time being, on Friday, while expressing hope for peaceful relations with the country which still occupies ...

Lebanese president Michel Aoun left office on Sunday on the penultimate day of his six-year term, returning to private life and leaving the country without a leader as its newly elected parliament ...

Lebanon's parliament has voted to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum.

When Michel Aoun became president in 2016, putting an end to a two-year power vacuum due to political wrangling, he vowed to be the "strong" president Lebanon so desperately needed.

Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum.

Lebanon President Michel Aoun speaks at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2019, in New York City. He resigned from the presidency on Sunday. File Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI ...