Lebanese President Michel Aoun is set to visit Saudi Arabia on Monday, marking his first overseas trip since taking office two months ago. Aoun will visit the Kingdom Jan. 9-10 at the invitation ...

Why had Saudi Arabia expended so much diplomatic capital ... Aoun’s predecessor is the Hezbollah-backed former President Michel Aoun (the two are not related). His tenure, which ended more ...

In response, Aoun confirmed that Saudi Arabia would be his first foreign ... ending over two years of political vacuum since President Michel Aoun left office in October 2022.

Aged 60, Aoun is seen as the candidate backed by the United States and regional power Saudi Arabia, positioning him ... Lebanon after his predecessor, Michel Aoun (no relation), vacated the ...

Lebanon's parliament elected the former army commander president after a two-year vacancy for the head of state.

Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...

Saudi Arabia will continue supporting Lebanon and is optimistic about the country's future after a ceasefire brought an end to a war between Israel and the militant Iran-aligned Hezbollah group, the ...

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. The ...

One of the most influential Christian parties in the country, the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun ... perceived Aoun's election as the result of outside pressure — notably from ...

Then, a Saudi delegation headed by the kingdom’s envoy, Prince Yazid bin Farhan, flew into Beirut for the second time in a week. It held a blitz of meetings with various political parties. By the time ...