With the fall of Assad in December, the election of Aoun and Salam in Lebanon marks the second dramatic political shift in ...
A key opportunity lies in Mediterranean natural gas deposits, which could provide economic relief and energy security for ...
Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces ... trains and arms the Lebanese military and helped broker a ceasefire between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah in November. He received 99 ...
More-/AFP via Getty Images What is Joseph Aoun's Policy on Hezbollah? Aoun's rise comes amid a complex geopolitical landscape. He has been Lebanon's army chief since 2017, earning a reputation for ...
Choice of UN court's Nawaf Salam underlines major power shift among sectarian factions in Beirut since Iran-backed Shiite ...
Hezbollah, one of Lebanon's most powerful political players, has been significantly weakened by its conflict with Israel.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group Hezbollah, ...
Hezbollah previously backed another candidate ... powers because it was not appointed by a sitting president. Joseph Aoun is the fifth former army commander to ascend to Lebanon’s presidency ...
Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and pledged to rebuild the state, adopt a policy of "positive neutrality" and ...
The parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after ...
Hezbollah previously backed another candidate ... Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun arrives for a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister ...
General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group Hezbollah, ordering it to ...