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Cabinet Appoints Army Chief of Staff, Approves 2024 Budget

par This Is Beirut, 08/02 17:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

2024 Budget army Council of Ministers General Joseph Aoun

The Council of Ministers appointed a new Army chief of staff and approved the 2024 budget on Thursday in a session that was delayed for three hours due to protests by retired military personnel attempting to block the entrances to the Grand Serail. The Cabinet appointed General Hassan Audi as Chief of Staff of the Army after he was promoted to ...

Macron Praised LAF Commander Joseph Aoun

par This Is Beirut, 30/05 09:00 - Reading : less than a minute

Emmanuel Macron General Joseph Aoun

According to sources close to the Elysée Palace, during a meeting on April 19 with Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Army Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun, French President Emmanuel Macron paid a tribute to the chief of the Lebanese armed forces. The same source relayed that Macron was pleased by Joseph Aoun's briefing on the ...

Army Commander Heads to USA

par This Is Beirut, 08/06 12:56 - Reading : less than a minute

Army Commander General Joseph Aoun

Lebanese Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun, traveled on Saturday, heading to the United States. According to an LAF statement on X, he will be holding several meetings to discuss strengthening US support for the Army, in light of current challenges. It is noteworthy that after Lebanon’s financial meltdown in 2019, Washington increased its ...

Joseph Aoun Discusses Army Needs in Washington

par This Is Beirut, 13/06 14:39 - Reading : less than a minute

General Joseph Aoun

The Commander-in-Chief of the Lebanese Army, General Joseph Aoun, held talks on Wednesday with the Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress, Michael McCaul, and Gregory Meeks, the former head of this committee, according to an army press release. He also met with several members of the US-Lebanon Friendship ...

No Vacancy in Army Command

par This Is Beirut, 22/08 18:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Army Command General Joseph Aoun

An opposition leader has confirmed that if a president of the Republic is not elected before the end of the year to appoint a new commander-in-chief of the Army, the current Commander-in-Chief, General Joseph Aoun, who is set to retire in mid-January 2025, will be reappointed for another year despite the objections of some. The United States ...

General J. Aoun Receives French Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff

par This Is Beirut, 23/08 17:51 - Reading : less than a minute

French Armed Forces General Joseph Aoun Lebanese Army

The Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the French Armed Forces, General Thierry Garreta, was received by the Commander-in-Chief of the Lebanese Army, General Joseph Aoun, on Friday in Yarzeh. The discussion focused on cooperation between the two armies and the situation in Lebanon, particularly in the south of the country, where exchanges of ...

General Aoun Meets his Italian Counterpart

par This Is Beirut, 05/09 20:30 - Reading : less than a minute

General Joseph Aoun Giuseppe Cavo Dragone Italian Armed Forces Lebanese Army

Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chief of Staff of the Italian Armed Forces, was welcomed by his Lebanese counterpart, General Joseph Aoun, in his Yarzeh office, on Thursday. The discussions centered on how to develop bilateral relations between the two armies, as well as the broader situation in Lebanon, particularly in southern Lebanon, where ...