Lebanon's new president strikes a nationalistic tone amid regional shifts, further weakening of Hezbollah
The Lebanese parliament finally voted on a new president on Thursday following two years of deadlock. Joseph Aoun the head of the country's armed forces won a majority of the votes.
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IDF confirms death of hostage Hamza Ziyadne, day after father Youssef laid to rest
IDF officer overseeing Haredi draft attacked in Bnei Brak * Lebanon's caretaker PM vows to disarm Hezbollah in the south ...
Lebanon Turns a Political Page as Hezbollah’s Hold Is Weakened
In Lebanon, many saw the election on Thursday of Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, as a crucial step ...
Middle East latest: Body recovered in Gaza confirmed to be 23-year-old Hamzah AlZayadni
Israel’s army has confirmed that one of the bodies recovered from Gaza earlier this week was that of 23-year-old hostage ...
Lebanese caretaker PM will meet Syria's leader Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday, Lebanese source says
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus o ...
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Joseph Aoun, new president of Lebanon: What we know about the general who kept military away from Israel-Hezbollah war
General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of ...
Lebanese parliament elects military commander Aoun as president
The Lebanese parliament elected armed forces commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday in a second ...
Lebanon elects new president in sign of Hezbollah’s waning influence
Lebanese politicians elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacancy in a step ...
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Lebanon army chief Aoun becomes president after two-year vacancy
Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacancy and marking a ...
War-torn Lebanon finally fills two-year leader vacancy: New president's first tasks 'are dealing with the ceasefire and Hezbollah's weapons'
Lebanon's lawmakers on Thursday elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president after a two-year vacancy in the position, in a ...
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Crisis in the Middle East: What is happening?
On October 7, 2023, the decades-long conflict in the region experienced an unprecedented escalation when Hamas and other ...
Bernie Sanders receives vote in Lebanese parliamentary election for president
Bernie Sanders is ineligible to be Lebanon's president, as he is neither a Lebanese citizen nor a Maronite Christian — the ...