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Lebanon’s parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun president, breaking 2-year deadlock
Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state on Thursday ... and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled in December. It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence ...
NDTV24d
Lebanon Army Chief Joseph Aoun Elected As President By Parliament
Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday ... and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled in December. It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence in ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs25d
Hezbollah candidate expected to withdraw from Lebanon's presidential elections - report
The Presidency is reserved for a Maronite Christian in the country's sectarian power-sharing system and has been vacant since Michel ... of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in neighboring Syria.
Dawn25d
Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun new president
Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday ... and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled in December. It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence in ...
The Straits Times24d
Lebanese army chief edges towards presidency, Lebanese sources say
BEIRUT - Lebanon's parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday ... and since its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power in December.
Lebanon's Parliament Elects Army Commander Joseph Aoun as President, Ending a 2-Year Deadlock
Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum ...
NDTV25d
Who's In The Frame To Become Lebanon's Next President?
with officials seeing better odds of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's assault on Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The post, reserved for ...
The Boston Globe24d
Lebanon's parliament chooses army commander Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to former President Michel Aoun — no relation ... to former Syrian President Bashar Assad. However, on Wednesday, Frangieh ...
Stabroek News25d
Lebanon’s army chief elected president, showing regional shifts
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state today ... and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled in December. It also indicated a revival ...
France 2426d
Lebanon set for yet another attempt at electing president
Bitar said a leading candidate in Thursday's vote is army chief Joseph Aoun, "who seems to be supported ... of Hezbollah and the downfall of Bashar al-Assad, his key political backers." ...
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Lebanon's parliament chooses army commander Aoun as president, ending long deadlock
Aoun, no relation to former president Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the ... Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar Assad. However, on Wednesday, Frangieh announced he had ...