Lebanon has elected a president following a two-year deadlock and power vacuum, signaling a weakened Hezbollah.

The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022.

The 60-year-old career soldier is the fifth Lebanese army commander to be elected president in the country's history ...

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no ...

The army fought in coordination with the Hezbollah militant group ... the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current president — opposed his candidacy.

Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and ...

After years of gridlock, Lebanon’s parliament elected Aoun, the chief military commander, as president. His win could unlock ...

The election of army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun garnered rare consensus among the Lebanese, backed by the United States and ...

General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of ...

The Lebanese parliament elected armed forces commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday in a second ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese lawmakers began voting in a presidential election on Thursday, aiming to fill a post which has ...

After two years of political deadlock, Lebanon elected Gen Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as its new ...