Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its devastating war with Israel.

Lebanon's Parliament on Thursday elected the country's army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year deadlock and power vacuum at the top of the country's political power structure. The U.

The Lebanese parliament Thursday elected Army Chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, ending more than two years of a political deadlock that had left the country without a head of state. According to house speaker Nabih Berri,