Who's in the frame to be Lebanon's next president?
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The Jerusalem Post Blogs28d
Hezbollah candidate expected to withdraw from Lebanon's presidential elections - report
LEBANESE PRESIDENT Michel Aoun (right ... before seeing its role eclipsed by Iran and Hezbollah. Aoun, head of Lebanon's U.S.-backed army, would still need 86 votes because his election requires ...
Tehran Times27d
General Joseph Aoun elected Lebanon’s 14th president
Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese Army, now holds the presidency, following the terms of his predecessors: Emile Lahoud, Michel Suleiman ... Saudi Arabia, Iran, Qatar, Egypt, and China.
LEADERSHIP Newspaper28d
US-backed Army Chief, Joseph Aoun, Elected Lebanon’s New President
The election brought to a close the presidential vacuum that began in October 2022, when the tenure of former President Michel Aoun—backed by Iran-supported Hezbollah—came to an end.
CBC.ca28d
Army chief Joseph Aoun elected Lebanon's president after position left vacant since 2022
It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence in a country where Riyadh's role was eclipsed by Iran and Hezbollah ... has been vacant since Michel Aoun's (no relation) term ended in October ...
Reuters29d
Lebanese army chief edges towards presidency, Lebanese sources say
Hezbollah, its supply line to Iran severed by Assad's ousting ... Hezbollah's support was vital to propelling Michel Aoun to the presidency in 2016, as the group and factions which supported ...
scmp.com27d
Lebanon’s parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun president, breaking 2-year deadlock
It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence in a country where Riyadh’s role was eclipsed by Iran and Hezbollah ... has been vacant since Michel Aoun’s term ended in October 2022, with ...
Stabroek News28d
Lebanon’s army chief elected president, showing regional shifts
It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence in a country where Riyadh’s role was eclipsed by Iran and Hezbollah ... has been vacant since Michel Aoun’s term ended in October 2022, with ...
Dawn28d
Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun new president
It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence in a country where Riyadh’s role was eclipsed by Iran and Hezbollah ... has been vacant since Michel Aoun’s term ended in October 2022, with ...
Al Jazeera English28d
Will Lebanon finally elect a president?
An exception is Michel Aoun, who led the Free Patriotic Movement ... He was supported by Iran-backed Hezbollah and Amal, the Shia political party of parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.
en.mehrnews27d
Iran embassy congratulates Lebanon's new president
Meantime, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei congratulated ... Lebanon has been functioning without a formal government since October 2022, when former president Michel Aoun left office ...