U.S. pushed to keep Lebanese militant in French prison after 40 years, letter shows
The U.S. Department of Justice vigorously opposed at a French court hearing in December the release of a Lebanese militant ...
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After Five Days That Changed Its Face, Where Is Lebanon Headed?
The events that have unfolded in Lebanon between the election of a new president of the Republic on Thursday 9 January and ...
Lebanon’s new president faces uphill struggle to steer country away from brink of collapse
Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 13 failed attempts. Joseph ...
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Army chief Joseph Aoun elected Lebanon’s president
Lebanon’s army chief, Joseph Aoun, was elected president in the second round of the presidential vote held on Thursday, local ...
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Lebanese parliament fails to elect new president in first session
The Lebanese parliament failed on Thursday to elect a new president for the country, in its first session, the official ...
Lebanon army chief elected president after 2 years with no head of state
Joseph Aoun, 61, Lebanon’s army commander, takes the role of president after over two years of the seat being empty and 13 attempts to vote in a leader.
Watershed moment for the Middle East after Lebanon elects new president - with a Saudi push
Then, a Saudi delegation headed by the kingdom’s envoy, Prince Yazid bin Farhan, flew into Beirut for the second time in a week. It held a blitz of meetings with various political parties. By the time ...
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Parliament in Lebanon elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president
Lebanon's parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long ...
Who is Joseph Aoun, a low-profile army chief who is now Lebanon's president?
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him ...
Lebanon country profile
1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon ...
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Lebanon’s Aoun could move toward peace – if Hezbollah lets him
The Iran-backed militia is bowed but not broken – and it could still find a way to hijack Saudi funds for its own ...
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Lebanon parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as president
SLSUN: Lebanon has elected Michel Aoun as president, marking a significant shift away from Iranian influence towards a more US-friendly stance. Aoun, supported by the US, aims to restore stability ...