US-backed army chief elected Lebanon’s president, ending years …
1 day ago · Lebanon’s parliament has elected the US-backed army chief to be the country’s new president, ending a years-long political stalemate and presidential vacuum. Army chief Joseph Aoun was voted ...
Lebanon elects US-backed army chief Joseph Aoun as president - Yahoo News
1 day ago · The News. Lebanon’s parliament has elected a US-supported army chief to be the country’s new president, ending the political stalemate that had left the country without a leader since 2022. General Joseph Aoun secured 99 votes from the 128-seat parliament, after winning an endorsement from the Hezbollah-backed candidate. ...
Who is Joseph Aoun, a low-profile army chief who is now Lebanon…
14 hours ago · Aoun commanded the Lebanese army’s 9th infantry brigade before being appointed army chief in March 2017. During his tenure as commander, he oversaw the army’s response to a series of crises, beginning with a battle to push out Islamist militants from the Islamic State group and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, who were then operating in ...
Joseph Aoun: Army chief elected Lebanon's president - BBC
1 day ago · Lebanon's parliament has elected the country's army chief as president, ending a power vacuum that has lasted more than two years. Joseph Aoun's candidacy for the mainly ceremonial role - which is ...
Lebanon's army chief elected president, showing regional shifts - NBC News
1 day ago · Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys U.S. approval and showing the diminished sway of the Iran ...
Lebanon elects country's army commander as president | AP News
2 days ago · Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as the 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 army chief elected president, drawing Israeli hopes for …
1 day ago · Lebanon’s lawmakers elected on Thursday army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending a stalemate that left the post vacant for two years, in a step toward lifting the war-battered ...
Lebanon's army chief elected president, showing weakened …
1 day ago · Item 1 of 13 Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun walks after being elected as the country's President at the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, January 9, 2025. ... the news and media division ...
Lebanon Elects Army Chief Joseph Aoun as President
1 day ago · As the country endured economic crisis and a devastating war, lawmakers failed 12 times to pick a head of state. They have now settled on Joseph Aoun, the leader of the military.
Lebanon's parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as president
2 days ago · Aoun previously held the post of Lebanon's army commander, and is the fifth Lebanese army commander to be elected as president in Lebanon's history. Gideon Sa'ar, Foreign Affairs Minister, March ...