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.

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, the 89-year-old Christian president who presided over Lebanon's cataclysmic financial meltdown and the deadly Beirut port blast, left the presidential palace on Sunday with his term ...

Supporters of former Army Gen. Michel Aoun, gone from Lebanon for 15 years, are showing surprising strength. Middle East. Aoun a Wild Card in Lebanese Elections. June 17, 2005 12:00 AM ET.

President Michel Aoun left Lebanon's presidential palace Sunday, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a political vacuum that is likely to worsen ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lebanon’s president has called for an end to an 11-week deadlock that has prevented the government from convening, further undermining state institutions in the country amid an economic meltdown ...

BEIRUT-- Lebanon’s parliament on Monday elected Michel Aoun, an 81-year-old former army commander and strong ally of the militant group Hezbollah, as the country’s president, ending a more ...