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BEIRUT (AP) — Michel Aoun, Lebanon's strong-willed Christian leader, has waited more than three decades for the chance to become president. On Monday, the 81-year-old politician finally ...
Michel Aoun, the 89-year-old Christian president who presided over Lebanon’s cataclysmic financial meltdown and the deadly Beirut port blast, vacates the presidential palace on Sunday, leaving a ...
Michel Aoun poses at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on Monday. WAEL HAMZEH / EPA The 81-year-old former army commander is a strong ally of the militant group Hezbollah.
When Michel Aoun became president in 2016, putting an end to a two-year power vacuum due to political wrangling, he vowed to be the "strong" president Lebanon so desperately needed.
Lebanon president says he knew of explosive chemicals at port in July. Michel Aoun’s comments were the most senior confirmation that Lebanon's top leaders and security officials were aware of ...
Jack is International Security and Terrorism Correspondent for Newsweek. The Lebanese parliament elected former military commander Michel Aoun as the country's president Monday, bringing to a ...
How Michel Aoun Failed in Lebanon More and more protesters say the general-turned-president has broken too many promises and must go. By Rebecca Collard , a broadcast journalist and writer ...
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.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun, reviews an honor guard at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. Lebanon's parliament on Monday elected Aoun, an 81-year ...
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.