Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Thursday delivered a letter from His Majesty King Abdullah to Lebanese President Michel Aoun.The letter reaffirmed Jordan's unwavering ...

(AP Photo/Hussein Malla) BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament ... Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi ...

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon's lawmakers ... The Mediterranean country has been without a president since the term of Michel Aoun -- unrelated to his successor -- ended in ...

(AP Photo/Hussein Malla) BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president ... the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current president — opposed his candidacy.

Presidents in Lebanon are brought to power by near political consensus, but more than six contenders were still in play.

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.

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) BEIRUT - Lebanese army Chief Joseph Aoun ... could be the right candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun, no relation, whose term as president ended in October 2022.

The man Lebanon’s parliament chose to be the country’s new president was the preferred candidate of the US, Europe and Saudi Arabia, who the war-torn country will need help from to rebuild ...

BEIRUT, Jan 13 (Bernama-AA) -- Lebanon's newly elected President Joseph Aoun on Monday began parliamentary consultations to select a prime minister who will form a new government under his presidency.

Then, a Saudi delegation headed by the kingdom’s envoy, Prince Yazid bin Farhan, flew into Beirut ... Aoun’s predecessor is the Hezbollah-backed former President Michel Aoun (the two are ...

The 61-year-old Aoun now fills a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his predecessor, Michel Aoun – who ... a northern suburb of Beirut, Aoun came to prominence during his time ...

The group added that ending corruption practices requires accountability for the 2020 Beirut port explosions and the war crimes ... After former president Michel Aoun ended his term of office on ...