Ambassador Magro meets with President Joseph Aoun at Presidential Palace in Baabda to discuss preparations for French ...

The U.S. Department of Justice vigorously opposed at a French court hearing in December the release of a Lebanese militant ...

France’s president began a visit to Lebanon Friday, where he will meet the crisis-hit country’s newly elected leaders, as the ...

In an unexpected interaction with journalists, Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun shared his optimism about the upcoming ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron was in Lebanon on Friday, where he was due to meet his newly-elected counterpart and offer ...

The 61-year-old Aoun now fills a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his predecessor, Michel Aoun – who is not related to him. Joseph Aoun’s appointment overcame a major impasse ...

Aoun headed the country’s army since 2017 and was selected Thursday to succeed Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. The two are not related. Joseph Aoun was sworn into office as ...

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.

After former president Michel Aoun ended his term of office on October 31, 2022, the country’s parliament failed to elect a new president because the ruling party was unable to choose a candidate.

France's President Emmanuel Macron Friday announced that Paris would in coming weeks host an international reconstruction conference after a war between militant group Hezbollah and Israel.