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 ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with any ...

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 ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with any ...

Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun has been elected as the country’s president, ending a power vacuum that lasted for more than two years. Aoun secured 99 votes from the 128-seat parliament to ...

Beirut (AFP) – Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun was voted in as president in ... Lebanese troops alongside UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon after a Hezbollah-Israel war last autumn.

Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a political neophyte whose position as head of one of the country's most respected institutions helped end a two-year ...

Joseph Aoun, head of Lebanon’s army ... Lebanese army in 1983 and rose up in ranks to become commander in chief of the army in 2017. Soon after his appointment, he was tasked with the mission ...

Who Is Joseph Aoun, a Low-Profile Army Chief Who Is Now Lebanon's President? BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low ... brigade before being appointed army chief in March 2017. During his tenure as commander ...