(AP Photo/Hussein Malla) BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday ... assistance for reconstruction. Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the ...

Joseph Aoun, 61, Lebanon’s army commander, takes the role of president after over two years of the seat being empty and 13 attempts to vote in a leader.

After former president Michel Aoun ended his term of office on October 31, 2022, the country’s parliament failed to elect a new president because the ruling party was unable to choose a candidate.

Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 13 failed attempts. Joseph ...

(AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun smiles upon his arrival at the Lebanese Parliament to be sworn in as a new president, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 9 ...

There were less than 24 hours before parliament was set to choose the next president. But Lebanon ... Aoun’s predecessor is the Hezbollah-backed former President Michel Aoun (the two are ...

Aoun's election offers Lebanon a chance to reclaim stability and sovereignty, but only if Lebanon's leaders, backed by international support, address internal divisions and navigate a shifting ...

Mr. Salam was endorsed by a majority of lawmakers in the country’s 128-seat Parliament on Monday, after which Lebanon’s newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, asked him to form a government.