He is widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon ... Hezbollah previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, the leader of a small ...

Aged 60, Aoun is seen as the candidate backed by the United States and regional power Saudi Arabia ... previously backing another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, who withdrew in favour of Aoun.

Lebanon’s parliament has elected army chief Joseph Aoun as President – finally giving the country a head of state after more ...

Joseph Aoun met the threshold for victory in the second round of voting after his rival, a Hezbollah-backed candidate called Suleiman Frangieh ... including the US, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. These ...

Aoun, who had support from both the US and Saudi Arabia, received 99 of 128 ... supported the candidacy of former health minister, Suleiman Frangieh. But Frangieh withdrew before the vote and ...

Backed by the US and Saudi Arabia, Aoun is seen as crucial ... with Hezbollah previously backing another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, who withdrew in favour of Aoun. Aoun’s leadership of ...