A new President for Lebanon: What next in 2025? - The House of …
5 days ago · Hezbollah also lost a significant ally when Bashar al-Assad fled Syria in December 2024. Syria played an influential role in Lebanon under Assad and his father, with a Syrian army presence in Lebanon from 1976 to 2005. Hezbollah fought in the Syrian civil war in support of Assad. In December, Hezbollah said it would focus on Lebanon.
What Does the Election of President Joseph Aoun Mean for Lebanon?
19 hours ago · The parliament house in Beirut, Lebanon. Shutterstock. In a landmark election, the Lebanese parliament elected Joseph Aoun on January 9, 2025, to be the country’s fourteenth president since its 1943 independence. ... The sudden fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Damascus cut Hezbollah off further from Iran’s military ...
Lebanon parliament convenes to elect president
Jan 9, 2025 · Lebanon’s parliament convened today to elect a new head of state, aiming to fill a post which has been vacant since 2022, Reuters has reported. Political sources say that army commander General...
Lebanon's parliament elects US-backed army chief as head of
Jan 9, 2025 · Lebanon’s parliament has elected army commander Joseph Aoun as president, breaking a two-year deadlock. Aoun's emergence came after parliament held the two rounds of voting session to elect...
Lebanon's parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as …
Jan 9, 2025 · Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum.
Lebanese reformist, another lawmaker lose parliament seats
Nov 24, 2022 · BEIRUT (AP) — Two newly elected Lebanese lawmakers, including an activist who had pledged to fight corruption, lost their parliament seats on Thursday following an appeals process before the country’s constitutional council.
Lebanon Elects Army Chief as New President - english.aawsat.com
Jan 9, 2025 · Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its devastating war with Israel.
Lebanon's parliament chooses army commander Aoun as …
Jan 9, 2025 · Lebanon's 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. The vote came weeks after a tenuous ...
Lebanon’s parliament convenes to elect president, army chief …
Jan 9, 2025 · Lebanon’s parliament convened on Thursday to elect a new head of state, aiming to fill a post which has been vacant since 2022, with political sources expecting army commander General Joseph ...
With Hezbollah weakened, Lebanon parliament prepares for
Jan 8, 2025 · Lebanon’s parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel’s war with Hezbollah and the toppling of the group’s ally Bashar al-Assad in neighbouring Syria.