US-backed army chief elected Lebanon’s president, ending years …
23 hours ago · Lebanon’s parliament has elected its US-backed army chief to be the country’s next president, ending a years-long political stalemate and presidential vacuum. Army chief Joseph Aoun was voted ...
Lebanon elects country's army commander as president | AP News
1 day 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's parliament tries again to pick a president, after ... - ABC 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 finally set to pick a president after two years of trying
1 day ago · After 12 failed attempts to fill the role since October 2022, Lebanese lawmakers look set to elect army commander Joseph Aoun — the preferred candidate of the US and Saudi Arabia.
Lebanon news: Aoun chosen as president | CTV News
23 hours 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 new president after more than two years of
21 hours 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 …
Lebanese Lawmakers Choose a President After 2 Years of Gridlock
23 hours ago · Lebanon’s fractured Parliament overcame more than two years of gridlock on Thursday to choose a new president, ... when Michel Aoun stepped down as president at the end of his six-year term, the ...
Army chief Joseph Aoun elected Lebanon's president after ... - CBC.ca
20 hours ago · Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun leaves the parliament building Thursday after being elected as the country's president in Beirut. Aoun, 60, has been commander of the U.S.-backed Lebanese army ...
Who is Joseph Aoun, Lebanon’s new president? - The …
23 hours 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 Elects New President in Sign of Hezbollah’s Waning …
22 hours ago · Lebanon’s parliament elected a U.S.-trained general as president, ending a two-year vacancy in a sign of Hezbollah’s waning influence following a bruising war with Israel and the weakening of ...