The Lebanese president has to be a Maronite Christian ... ex-members of former PM Saad Hariri’s Future Movement – Sleiman Frangieh’s Marada Movement, the Kataeb (Phalangist) Party and ...
Sleiman Frangieh, a politician from North ... Joseph Aoun, who possesses the qualifications [for the position of the president],” Frangieh said. Al Arabiya English reported on Tuesday that ...
Hezbollah has backed former minister Sleiman Frangieh, but on Wednesday he withdrew ... The term of the last president, Michel Aoun, ended in October 2022. He is not related to army chief Jospeh ...
Former president Michel Aoun -- who is not related ... Hezbollah and its allies have backed former minister Sleiman Frangieh, who is a friend of Assad. But, according to David Wood, Lebanon ...
Until recently Hezbollah -- which is comprised of a military wing and a political wing and is also heavily involved in social welfare -- had favored Sleiman Frangieh for president, an ally of now ...
Separately, the Shia bloc, including Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, continues to back Sleiman Frangieh of the Marada Movement. The possibility of failing to elect a new president in Thursday’s ...