Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago ... who shares close ties with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with Frangieh having openly backed him in 2011.

Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as its president ... of its ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December. In his acceptance speech ...

Bitar said a leading candidate in Thursday's vote is army chief Joseph Aoun, "who seems to be supported ... of Hezbollah and the downfall of Bashar al-Assad, his key political backers." ...

Lebanon's parliament elected the former army commander president after a two-year vacancy for the head of state.

The Presidency is reserved for a Maronite Christian in the country's sectarian power-sharing system and has been vacant since Michel ... of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in neighboring Syria.

with officials seeing better chances of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's war with Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in neighbouring Syria.

Lebanon has had no head of state since 2022 US, French and Saudi envoys urged Aoun's election ... and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled in December. It also indicated a revival of Saudi ...

Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year ...