Lebanon's parliament votes to elect head of state after 12 failed attempts
Following tense scenes early in the session, the first round of Thursday's vote concluded with 71 votes for Joseph Aoun, the ...
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US-backed army chief elected Lebanon’s president, ending years-long stalemate
Lebanon’s parliament has elected the US-backed army chief ... The heavy blows dealt by Israel during the conflict, coupled ...
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 ...
Lebanon's bonds rally as parliament elects first president since 2022
Lebanese government bonds extended their three-month-long rally on Thursday as the crisis-ravaged country's parliament voted ...
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.
Lebanon Elects President Following a Two-Year Power Vacuum Signaling a Weakened Hezbollah
Lebanon has elected a president following a two-year deadlock and power vacuum, signaling a weakened Hezbollah.
Lebanon's parliament elects army chief Aoun as next president
STORY: Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday.The move elevates a ...
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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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Lebanon's parliament elects US-backed army chief as head of state after 12 failed attempts
Lebanon’s parliament has elected army commander ... in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, announced on Wednesday he had withdrawn from the race and ...
Lebanon's army chief elected president, showing regional shifts
The outcome showed the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group after its devastating war with Israel.
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 ...
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Laila Bassam
The parliament elected army chief ... mostly Shi'ite Muslims, have fled to Lebanon since Sunni Muslim Islamists toppled Bashar al-Assad, fearing persecution despite assurances from the new rulers ...