BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect ... Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi ...

The final balance in parliament is going to be a ... lost between March 14 and the Aounists. Why is Michel Aoun, a former general, a leader of Lebanon in the past, throwing in his lot with Hezbollah?

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Hezbollah's weakening allowed Lebanon's divided parliament to elect Aoun, seen as Washington's preferred candidate, after more than two years of presidential vacuum, followed by the approval of a ...

During his meeting with U.S. official Paul Grove, Aoun said Lebanon is determined to overcome any obstacles that may arise in the path of reform. "The reform process has begun, and it is certainly in ...

If not, we will lead Lebanon to ruin,” Aoun said. The Trump administration has been applying sustained pressure on Beirut to push for the disarmament of Hezbollah, leading to Aoun announcing last week ...

A delegation from Lebanon is also preparing to meet with the International Monetary Fund in Washington for the first time in over 15 years. Aoun said he hoped parliament would not delay the ...

Abdelatty also emphasized that the parliament must elect a president to fill the ongoing presidential vacuum in Lebanon based on a national consensus that admits no foreign pressures or influences.

President Joseph Aoun met Monday at the presidential palace with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri ... of Deputy U.S. Special Envoy to Middle East Morgan Ortagus’ visit to Lebanon.” Israel has continued ...

If we believe in Lebanon as a democracy, we accept that Christian leader Michel Aoun becomes president if he is elected by a majority in parliament... No constituent assembly on the horizon in ...

Lebanon's parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. By SALLY ABOU ALJOUD and ABBY SEWELL The Associated ...