US-backed army chief elected Lebanon’s president, ending years …
1 day ago · Lebanon’s parliament has elected the US-backed army chief to be the country’s new president, ending a years-long political stalemate and presidential vacuum. Army chief Joseph Aoun was voted ...
Lebanon has a new president, Joseph Aoun : NPR
1 day ago · Lebanon's members of parliament had failed in 12 previous rounds of voting to reach a consensus on a president, leaving the presidency vacant since former President Michel Aoun stepped down in ...
Lebanon elects country's army commander as president | AP News
2 days ago · Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. It was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the army commander — whose term ended in October 2022.
Lebanon elects General Joseph Aoun, the head of country's ... - Sky News
1 day ago · Lebanon has elected a new president after multiple failed attempts had left the country without a head of state since 2022. General Joseph Aoun, head of the country's army since 2017, received the ...
Lebanon news: Aoun chosen as president | CTV News
1 day ago · Aoun, no relation to the former president, is widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild after a 14 ...
Lebanon Elects Army Chief Joseph Aoun as President
1 day ago · Lebanon Chooses a President After 2 Years of Gridlock As the country endured economic crisis and a devastating war, lawmakers failed 12 times to pick a head of state. They have now settled on ...
Lebanon army chief Aoun becomes president after two-year …
1 day ago · Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacancy and marking a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial meltdown.Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday, arrived in parliament to take the oath of office to general applause, wearing a dark suit and blue tie instead of his usual military uniform."Today, a new phase in ...
Lebanon elects new president after more than two years of
1 day ago · The Lebanese Parliament on Thursday elected the commander of the Lebanese armed forces Gen. Joseph Aoun as the country's next president.. Why it matters: Lebanon hasn't had a president for more than two years while the country's leaders tried to reach consensus on a candidate, which has exacerbated Lebanon's deep political and economic crisis. Aoun is an ally of the U.S. and has worked closely ...
Who is Joseph Aoun, Lebanon’s new president? - The …
1 day ago · BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect Gen. Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as the country’s new president, ending a years-long leadership vacuum that ...
Lebanon's parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president …
1 day ago · BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year presidential vacuum. The vote came weeks after a tenuous cease ...