French President Emmanuel Macron received Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Paris as he made his first state visit to a ...
with the ouster in December of President Bashar al-Assad after five decades of rule by his clan, offering an opening for a new start. Aoun’s January 9 election ended a two-year-long presidential ...
The rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad in December have since been acting as Syria’s de facto authorities. Mr. al-Shara was named interim president and oversaw a transitional government.