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Lebanon’s Aoun could move toward peace – if Hezbollah lets him
Israel’s military success in Lebanon and the strings Gulf patrons attached to reconstruction money forced Hezbollah to cut its losses and acquiesce to the election of a president it had vetoed ...
Army Commander Joseph Aoun Becomes Lebanon's New President
Lebanon's parliament elected the former army commander president after a two-year vacancy for the head of state.
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Lebanon's parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. Hezbollah previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, the leader of a ...
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Lebanon's new president, Joseph Aoun, says a new phase has begun
In 2016, Hezbollah had forced the election of its ally, former Army commander Michel Aoun, after a 29-month vacuum in the presidency. On Thursday, Jospeh Aoun emerged as a leading candidate for ...
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Michel Aoun
This is particularly true in Lebanon, especially following new fractures in the Hezbollah-Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) alliance. In the closing days of 2021, President Michel ...
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Who is Joseph Aoun, the new president of Lebanon?
Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...
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Who is Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander elected president?
Hezbollah has emerged bruised from the conflict ... including the last head of state Michel Aoun, who is no relation. In an unusually political statement for an army commander, Aoun criticised ...
'A path for hope': The Lebanese MP charting a new course for his country
As Lebanon confronts the aftermath of another war with Israel, non-sectarian MP Michel Moawad discusses the new president, ...
US-backed army chief elected Lebanon’s president, ending years-long stalemate
Lebanon’s parliament has elected its US-backed army chief to be the country’s next president, ending a years-long political ...
The Washington Post23d
Lebanese parliament elects Joseph Aoun president after 2-year deadlock
He received 99 out of 128 votes from across the political spectrum, including Hezbollah lawmakers ... the 13th time since 2022, when Aoun’s predecessor, Michel Aoun (no relation), prepared ...
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PM-designate Salam Meets President Aoun, Says Committed to Criteria of Cabinet Formation
Salam underlined the coordination with President Aoun pertaining to the cabinet formation, warning against rumors being circulated in this regard. Salam provided President Aoun with a government ...
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Lebanon’s parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending two-year deadlock
The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. Hezbollah previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh ...