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Lebanon has new president

Texas Public Radio · 1m

Lebanon chooses a new president after two years without one

Lebanon's parliament chose the head of the country's armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, a post that's been vacant since October 2022.

Channel NewsAsia Singapore · 20m

Lebanon army chief Aoun becomes president after two-year vacancy

BEIRUT: Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday (Jan 9), ending a more than two-year vacancy in a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial crisis.

The Boston Globe · 5h

Lebanon has new president: armed forces commander

General Joseph Aoun was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States, which funds, trains, and arms the Lebanese military and helped broker a cease-fire between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah in November.

Gaza, Middle East and Parliament of Lebanon

Associated Press · 6h

Middle East latest: Gaza war deaths pass 46,000 and Lebanon ends presidential deadlock

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to the 15-month conflict.

ABC News on MSN · 13h

Middle East live updates: Gaza death toll rises to 46,000, officials say

The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza with ceasefire talks resuming in Qatar.

Middle East latest: Death toll in Gaza passes 46,000; Lebanese parliament elects new president

A third of the 100 hostages still held in Gaza are believed to be dead. In Lebanon, the parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum.

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US shifts $100 million in military aid from Israel and Egypt to Lebanon to bolster ceasefire

The Biden administration in its final days is shifting more than $100 million in military aid from Israel and Egypt to ...

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Lebanon Elects New President in Sign of Hezbollah’s Waning Influence

Lebanon’s Parliament chose a U.S.-trained general as president, ending a two-year vacancy in a sign of Hezbollah’s waning ...

Lebanon, by Electing Its Army Chief as President, May Finally Be Emerging From Under the Yoke of Iran

The new president, Joseph Aoun, is a favorite of America, France, and Saudi Arabia. He even gets a cautious endorsement from ...

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Bernie Sanders receives a vote for president of Lebanon as army chief wins

Lebanon has elected a new president after two years of political indecision, but not before some unexpected characters ...

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Lebanon’s parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending two-year deadlock

Lebanese army commander elected president weeks after a tenuous cease-fire agreement halted a 14-month conflict between ...

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Lebanon’s army chief elected new president to carry out reconstruction after war with Israel

The Lebanese parliament Thursday elected Army Chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, ending more than two years of a ...

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U.S. Envoy Says Israel Will Withdraw From Southern Lebanon

With the deadline looming for the terms of a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah to be met, an American diplomat ...

Hochstein vows 'complete withdrawal' of Israel forces from Lebanon during visit

The US envoy reassured Mikati that Israel will pull out completely from south Lebanon, despite concerns of ceasefire ...

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