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Lebanon army chief Aoun becomes president after two-year vacancy
Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday ... US, Saudi and French envoys visited Beirut in the run-up, while French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian attended the vote. Several lawmakers in the second round still ...
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Lebanon army chief elected president after 2 years with no head of state
Joseph Aoun, 61, Lebanon’s army commander, takes the role of president after over two years of the seat being empty and 13 attempts to vote in a leader. Aoun headed the country’s army since ...
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Aoun’s rise, Hezbollah’s fall: Israel’s dilemma on the Lebanese border - analysis
Shortly after the Lebanese parliament elected General Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending a deadlock that left the position vacant and the country rudderless for over two years ...
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Watershed moment for the Middle East after Lebanon elects new president - with a Saudi push
Within minutes, Aoun arrived in parliament ... France’s special envoy to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian had also met with Hezbollah lawmakers. France is one of the few Western countries that ...
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Huge challenges ahead for Lebanon's new leaders, analysts say
Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun vows to tackle corruption and wants only the national army to hold weapons and protect Lebanon’s borders, moves likely to challenge the Shiite militia ...
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Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun new president
Aoun won 99 votes during a second round of voting ... including the French special envoy Jean-Yves Le Druan and ambassadors of the Quint committee (Egypt, France, the US, Qatar and Saudi Arabia ...