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

Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group Hezbollah, ...

Analysts, however, said Salam and Aoun have a unique opportunity. The collapse of the al-Assad regime, a constant meddler in ...

The selection of Salam was widely seen as a major political blow to the Lebanese militant group and political party, which ...

Najib Mikati’s visit, the first in 15 years, comes amid pressure in Lebanon to release Islamists imprisoned during the civil ...

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat, on his country's first high-level visit to Beirut after years of strained ties, said Thursday that he believed crisis-hit Lebanon's new leaders could spearhead ...

Israeli army fire killed 15 people in south Lebanon on Sunday including a soldier, health officials said, as residents tried ...

Aoun was born in Sin el-Fil near Beirut and enrolled in the army in 1983 during Lebanon's civil war. His first assignment was as a platoon commander in the army rangers in 1985 and his training ...

Nawaf Salam was speaking after meeting Lebanon’s new president, Joseph Aoun, who himself took office last week.

With the nomination of Salam and confirmation of Aoun, Lebanon, which has been run by ... ruled the country after the end of the 1975-90 civil war. Get the latest news and more great videos ...

With the nomination of Salam and confirmation of Aoun, Lebanon, which has been run by ... ruled the country after the end of the 1975-90 civil war.