BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect ... Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi ...

The final balance in parliament is going to be a ... lost between March 14 and the Aounists. Why is Michel Aoun, a former general, a leader of Lebanon in the past, throwing in his lot with Hezbollah?

Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun ... from 71 parliament members, 15 short of the required 86 votes. The Mediterranean country has been without a president since the term of Michel Aoun ...

Aoun’s position amounts to a ... the launch of “suspicious” rockets from Lebanon into the occupied Palestinian territories, communication took place between Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Parliament, and ...

A delegation from Lebanon is also preparing to meet with the International Monetary Fund in Washington for the first time in over 15 years. Aoun said he hoped parliament would not delay the ...

If not, we will lead Lebanon to ruin,” Aoun said. The Trump administration has been applying sustained pressure on Beirut to push for the disarmament of Hezbollah, leading to Aoun announcing last week ...

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Gen. Joseph Aoun president Thursday, ending a political deadlock that had kept the office vacant since October 2022. Aoun, 60, won 99 of 128 votes.

Voting in north Lebanon will conclude at 7:00 p.m. Sunday. The electoral process will continue in other parts of the country, ...

President Joseph Aoun reiterated Tuesday that “any controversial issue can be resolved through dialogue” and that “no one in Lebanon wants to return to war.” “I’m optimistic, in the presence of ...

First white South Africans go to US under Trump refugee plan The first 49 white South Africans deemed victims of racial discrimination and granted refugee status under an offer by U.S. President ...

Hezbollah was formed in the aftermath of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon ... force. Aoun said the government has yet to speak to Hezbollah about the matter, but that Speaker of Parliament Nabih ...