Lebanon completed the final phase of its municipal and local elections on Saturday in the southern governorates of South ...

The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his predecessor, Michel Aoun – who is not related to the new president.

no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild.

Residents of southern Lebanon have voted in the country’s municipal elections that will test support for Hezbollah in the ...

Analysts say Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday and is considered a man of “personal integrity”, could be the right candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun ... into southern Lebanon as Israeli ...

Lebanon's members of parliament had failed in 12 previous rounds of voting to reach a consensus on a president, leaving the presidency vacant since former President Michel Aoun stepped down in ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no relation to Joseph Aoun. On Thursday, the country is set to hold elections ...

But within Lebanon, dislike of Israel is the ... The last time Hezbollah got an Aoun elected president – Michel in October 2016 – the former president said in his inaugural speech: “On ...

The Lebanese and Palestinian presidents have agreed that Palestinian factions won't use Lebanon as a launchpad for any ...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun has said that his country would not ... “Hezbollah doesn’t play a military role inside Lebanon, and doesn’t carry out provocations along the border with ...

no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild.