The Mediterranean country had been without a president since the term of Michel Aoun ended in ... said she was “very happy” about Aoun’s election. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown ...

Lebanon's parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long ...

The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his predecessor, Michel Aoun ... United States, Saudi Arabia and Qatar ...

Backed by the US and Saudi Arabia, Aoun is seen as crucial to stabilising ... placed to rebuild Lebanon after his predecessor, Michel Aoun (no relation), vacated the presidency in 2022.

Widely seen as the preferred pick of army backer the United States, as well as regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia, he is perceived as being ... could be the right candidate to finally replace Michel ...

Government sources in Beirut, anonymous because not authorised to speak to the press, told AsiaNews that Aoun's election was made possible by “the support of Saudi Arabia and the United States ...

Widely seen as the preferred pick of army backer the United States, as well as regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia ... candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun, no relation, whose term as president ...

The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to former president Michel ... Mr Aoun was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia ...

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild.