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          Joseph Aoun

          Joseph Aoun was elected president of Lebanon in January 2025. Gen Aoun, 60, has led the Lebanese army as Commander since 2017

          Lebanese president Joseph Aoun delivers a speech after his election in Beirut, AFP

          World congratulates Lebanon on election of Joseph Aoun as president

          MENAJanuary 09, 2025
          Joseph Aoun at the parliament building in Beirut, after he was elected as Lebanon's president. Reuters

          Lebanon army chief Joseph Aoun elected as president

          MENAJanuary 09, 2025
          A lawmaker casts his vote during the session to elect the Lebanese president at the Lebanese Parliament. EPA

          Lebanon fails to elect Joseph Aoun as president in first round

          MENAJanuary 09, 2025
          Presidential guards outside Baabda Palace in Beirut. EPA

          Aoun emerges as frontrunner as Lebanon moves closer to electing a president

          MENAJanuary 08, 2025
          Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun in Beirut, on December 16. AP Photo

          Will Joseph Aoun be Lebanon's next president?

          CommentDecember 24, 2024
          A roadblock during a general strike in Beirut, Lebanon on June 17. EPA

          Lebanon's army chief warns of 'inevitable' collapse without aid

          LebanonJune 17, 2021
          President Michel Aoun (L) minister of defence Elias Abou Saab attend the military parade of the 76th anniversary of Lebanese independence day at the Defence Ministry headquarters in Yarze, east of Beirut , Lebanon 22 November 2019. Dalati Nohra/ EPA 

          The idea that Lebanon's armed forces represent a solution to the current crisis is an illusion

          CommentDecember 15, 2019
          A picture of Lebanese President Michel Aoun above the message father of nothing hangs on barbed wire on the road leading to the Presidential Palace in Baabda. AFP

          Lebanon protesters tell the president: ‘it’s time for father of all to leave’

          November 13, 2019
          Lebanese protesters gather during an anti-government protest in Beirut. EPA

          From Iraq to Lebanon, Iran's expansionist project is under siege

          CommentNovember 02, 2019
          Twenty-three-year-old Nai Jammal carried a sign reading “leave so we can come back,” a cry against Lebanon’s ruling elite that deeply resonated with the demands of the young crowd. Victoria Yan for The National 

          'Leave so we can come back', Lebanese diaspora joins the protest

          October 27, 2019
          Former detainees of the pro-Israel South Lebanon Army militia hold posters depicting former SLA member Amer Fakhoury during a demonstration denouncing his return and entry outside the Justice Palace in Beirut. AFP

          Lebanese-American to be prosecuted for working for Israel

          September 14, 2019
          Members of Lebanon's Shia Hezbollah movement carry the coffins of their fellow comrades killed in Israeli strikes in Syria. AFP

          Hezbollah preparing 'calculated' response to Israel

          August 28, 2019
          UN peacekeepers patrolling the Lebanese side of the border with Israel. AFP

          UN concerned about Hezbollah tunnels as tensions flare

          December 18, 2018
          An Israeli soldier guards near the border with Lebanon. Reuters

          Lebanon-Israel border tense after minister threatens incursion

          December 08, 2018
          Israeli military diggers work on the Lebanese-Israeli border next to a wall that was built by Israel in the southern village of Kafr Kila, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The Israeli military launched an operation on Tuesday to "expose and thwart" tunnels it says were built by the Hezbollah militant group that stretch from Lebanon into northern Israel. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

          Israel touts video of Hezbollah cross-border tunnel

          December 05, 2018
          Lebanese army chief Gen Joseph Aoun (R) attends a handover ceremony organised by the Lebanese Armed Forces of four A-29 Super Tucano aircraft given by the US at Hamat airbase, north of Beirut on June 12, 2018. Joseph Eid / AFP

          Lebanon’s army chief in Washington to ensure military aid

          June 25, 2018