The election of General Joseph Aoun as president of Lebanon ended a two-year stalemate in which the position was vacant, and Lebanon basically had ...
Hezbollah has suffered several major setbacks since Oct. 8, 2023, and significant changes seem to be occurring within Lebanon’s Shi'ite community and the terror group itself.
a Hezbollah-backed candidate called Suleiman Frangieh, withdrew from the race. In his inaugural speech to parliament, President Aoun outlined a series of pledges to deal with the overlapping ...
Hezbollah, the Shiite terrorist group that became a powerful political force in Lebanon, had refused to allow an election unless its preferred candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, was chosen president.
During the early days of President Suleiman Frangieh's term, Saeb Salam formed a technocratic government composed mainly of young people from the American University of Beirut (AUB), including ...
Joseph Aoun met the threshold for victory in the second round of voting after his rival, a Hezbollah-backed candidate called Suleiman Frangieh, withdrew from the race. In his inaugural speech to ...
In the early period of the presidential vacuum that began in October 2022, Paris suggested a deal combining Hezbollah candidate Suleiman Frangieh as president with Nawaf Salam as prime minister, ...
Hezbollah previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, head of a small Christian party in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar Assad. However, on Wednesday, ...