Joseph Aoun

Lebanon's army chief since 2017, possible president as of 2025

Israel anticipates a potential rocket attack by Hezbollah in solidarity with Iran
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Israel raises alert on Lebanon border after US strikes on Iran

Israel raises alert along Lebanon border as Hezbollah threat looms and US evacuates embassy staff amid fallout from Iran strikes.

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22 June, 2025
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Israeli drone strike kills father and son in southern Lebanon

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10 June, 2025
Lebanese caretaker Public Works and Transport Minister Ali Hamieh (R) speaks at the inauguration ceremony of a logistics base at the Beirut airport on August 16, 2023 to host helicopters slated for servicing a drilling rig for gas exploration (Anwar Amro/ AFP via Getty)
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Lebanon taps ex-Hezbollah minister as reconstruction adviser

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04 June, 2025
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Aoun, Abbas declare arms must come under Lebanese state control

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21 May, 2025
Image of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif in the Vatican on 18 May 2025.
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Beirut defends Aoun after image with top Israeli Druze leader

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19 May, 2025
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Why is Lebanon snubbing the Arab Summit in Baghdad?

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14 May, 2025
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UAE lifts travel ban to Lebanon, in 'win' for new President Aoun

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01 May, 2025
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Mass panic, displacement as Israel bombs southern Beirut

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27 April, 2025
Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun new president
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Iraq summons Lebanese ambassador over Aoun's remarks on PMF

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16 April, 2025
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Qatar's emir pledges support for Lebanon in meeting with Aoun

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16 April, 2025
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Lebanon pledges full cooperation with Jordan on sabotage plot

The New Arab Staff
16 April, 2025
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Exclusive: Lebanese president weighs in on Hezbollah disarmament

Ernest Khoury
Rita El Jammal
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16 April, 2025
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Lebanon's Aoun: 2025 will be the year of state monopoly on arms

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Rita El Jammal
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15 April, 2025
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Syria's Sharaa meets Qatari emir on first official visit to Doha

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15 April, 2025
A picture shows a view of the Beirut port, the site of a huge blast which devastated the Lebanese capital three years earlier, on July 22, 2023.
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Israeli drone strike kills one, injures three in south Lebanon

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15 April, 2025
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Saudi envoy in Beirut for 'discreet' talks on Hezbollah arms

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14 April, 2025
Hezbollah has been careful not to escalate beyond minor skirmishes [Getty].
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Hezbollah ready to discuss weapons if Israel withdraws: official

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09 April, 2025
People inspect the site of an Israeli strike in the southern Beirut suburb of Hadath on March 28, 2025. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel strikes south Beirut for first time since November truce

Louay Faour
28 March, 2025
France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (L) wait for guests before a multilateral meeting "Mediterranée orientale MEDOR" at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on March 28, 2025.
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Lebanese President Aoun in Paris as tensions mount with Israel

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28 March, 2025
Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, during the 9th International Conference in Support of Syria at the European Council headquarters
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German FM rejects 'permanent occupation' of Lebanon by Israel

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19 March, 2025
Newly elected Lebanese president Joseph Aoun delivers a speech at the parliament building in Beirut on January 9, 2025. Lebanon's lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on January 9, after a two-year vacancy of the position, in a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial crisis.
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Lebanon names new army chief, strengthens state authority

The New Arab Staff
13 March, 2025