As the country endured economic crisis and a devastating war, lawmakers failed 12 times to pick a head of state. They have ...

Lebanese army commander elected president weeks after a tenuous cease-fire agreement halted a 14-month conflict between ...

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

General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of ...

Though Lebanon’s presidency is mostly symbolic, it has a few important powers, like approving prime ministers and cabinets.

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

The election of army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun garnered rare consensus among the Lebanese, backed by the United States and ...

The parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state, ending a presidential vacuum which has persisted ...

US and Saudi-backed Joseph Aoun, tasked with upholding ceasefire ending fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, promises state ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant ...

Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun, widely seen as favored by US and Saudi Arabia, is likely to win, after endorsement by ...