The election of Aoun is an event with far-reaching regional implications and immediate significance for Israel. The election of a Lebanese president not beholden to Hezbollah – and Aoun is not ...

Lebanon’s new president has demanded that Israel must withdraw from his country ... of the international community,” President Joseph Aoun’s office said on Saturday after his meeting ...

In his former role as commander of the US-backed army, Aoun played a critical role in the implementation of a US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that came into effect in late ...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun signed the decree accepting the resignation of caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s ...

Salam underlined the coordination with President Aoun pertaining to the cabinet formation, warning against rumors being circulated in this regard. Salam provided President Aoun with a government ...

The writer asks: Will the new president be able to confront Hezbollah and uphold the ceasefire agreement with Israel? (photo credit: MOHAMED AZAKIR/REUTERS) Lebanon has elected Joseph Aoun as its ...

Lebanon's new president said on Saturday Israel must withdraw from the country's south by the January 26 deadline set to fully implement the terms of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire agreed last year.

Analysts say Hezbollah's weakening in the war with Israel last year allowed Lebanon's deeply divided political class to elect Aoun and to back his naming of Salam as premier. Islamist-led rebels ...

A senior US official visiting Beirut warned on Friday against any Hezbollah presence in Lebanon's new government, saying the ...