Aoun, who has headed the Lebanese military since ... security agencies to secure the men’s release. A senior lawmaker, Ibrahim Mousawi, was even denied entry to the protest by security forces.

Lebanon’s parliament has elected army commander Joseph Aoun as president, breaking a two-year deadlock. Aoun's emergence came after parliament held the two rounds of voting session to elect the ...

and two lawmakers -- Nehmat Afram and Ibrahim Kanaan -- are also possible contenders. Candidates do not need to declare themselves to be in the race. Wood said 60-year-old Joseph Aoun still needed ...

Aoun's statements came amid the funeral of Hezbollah's fallen leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and his successor, Hashem Safi al-Din, which took place in Beirut. Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri ...

The visit by Joseph Aoun, the first by a Lebanese head of state to the oil-rich kingdom in eight years, improves ties between the two countries that have been cold for years over Iran’s ...