Lebanon selects president after 2-year impasse
Joseph Aoun president Thursday, ending a political deadlock that had kept the office vacant since October 2022. Aoun, 60, won ...
Who is Joseph Aoun, a low-profile army chief who is now Lebanon’s president?
Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is ...
Lebanon’s parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
Lebanon’s parliament chose the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long ...
Lebanon's new president strikes a nationalistic tone amid regional shifts, further weakening of Hezbollah
The Lebanese parliament finally voted on a new president on Thursday following two years of deadlock. Joseph Aoun the head of ...
Lebanon Elects New President in Sign of Hezbollah’s Waning Influence
Lebanon’s Parliament chose a U.S.-trained general as president, ending a two-year vacancy in a sign of Hezbollah’s waning ...
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Lebanon’s New President Should Pursue Accountability
Lebanon’s parliament elected military commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a two-year political deadlock in the country ...
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Lebanon chooses a new president after two years without one
Lebanon's parliament chose the head of the country's armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, a post that's been ...
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Lebanon president to begin consultations on new PM next week
Lebanese MPs elected the head of the army to become the country's next president on Thursday, ending more than two years of ...
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With election of nationalist president, Lebanon moves to exit the Axis of Resistance
With a nearly unanimous 99 out of 128 votes, the Lebanese parliament elected the head of the army, Gen. Joseph Aoun, as ...
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Turkish President ErdoÄŸan hosts Lebanese PM Mikati in Ankara to discuss regional issues, instability
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Wednesday where the leaders held bilateral talks. Mikati informed ...
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Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say
Rasha Khazem, the wife of Duraid Assad — the son of former Syrian Vice President Rifaat Assad, the uncle of Bashar Assad — and their daughter, Shams, were smuggled illegally into Lebanon and ...
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Assad's fall paves the way for 'normal ties' between Lebanon, new Syria
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 24 (UPI) --The ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad has ended Iran's 40-year dominance and quest for hegemony in the region, further weakened his allies in Lebanon and ...