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January 09, 2025
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Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun new president

Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun new president

Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing the diminished sway of the Hezbollah group after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. The outcome reflected shifts in the power balance in Lebanon and the wider Middle East, with Hezbollah […]

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January 09, 2025
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Lebanon Aims For First President Since 2022 in Wake of War

Lebanon Aims For First President Since 2022 in Wake of War

(Bloomberg) — Lebanese lawmakers will attempt to elect a first president in more than two years this week, with army commander Joseph Aoun one of the two main candidates to lead a country battered by months of war and years of economic crisis. Aoun, who has the backing of the US, partly because  of the […]