BEIRUT-Lebanon’s Parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Jan 9 ... and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled in December. It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday ... and since its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power in December.
Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday ... and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled in December. It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence in ...
Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state on Thursday ... and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled in December. It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence ...
with officials seeing better odds of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's assault on Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The post, reserved for ...
The Presidency is reserved for a Maronite Christian in the country's sectarian power-sharing system and has been vacant since Michel ... of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in neighboring Syria.
Lebanon's parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long ...
The presidency — reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system — has been vacant since Michel ... after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Mr Aoun has a key role ...
Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago ... who shares close ties with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with Frangieh having openly backed him in 2011.
Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as its president ... attacks and due to the downfall of its ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December. In his ...
Bitar said a leading candidate in Thursday's vote is army chief Joseph Aoun, "who seems to be supported ... of Hezbollah and the downfall of Bashar al-Assad, his key political backers." ...