With Hezbollah Battered, Natural Gas Gives Lebanon A Chance
A key opportunity lies in Mediterranean natural gas deposits, which could provide economic relief and energy security for ...
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After 12 failed attempts over 2 years, Lebanon's parliament will try to pick a president
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament was set Thursday ... Advertisement Article continues below this ad Hezbollah previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, the leader of a small Christian ...
Lebanon Elects President Following a Two-Year Power Vacuum Signaling a Weakened Hezbollah
Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year ...
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Lebanon elects new president after more than two years of political crisis
Earlier this week, Biden's envoy Amos Hochstein met in Beirut with Aoun as well as ... The breakthrough came on Wednesday when Suleiman Frangieh, the candidate supported by Hezbollah, dropped ...
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With Hezbollah weakened, Lebanon to hold presidential vote
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's parliament will ... by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri have dropped their insistence on Suleiman Frangieh, their declared candidate for the last two years, and are ...
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Lebanon's army chief elected president, showing regional shifts
Suleiman Frangieh, withdrew and declared support for the army commander, and as French and Saudi envoys shuttled around Beirut, urging his election in meetings with politicians, three Lebanese ...
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Lebanon's new president, Joseph Aoun, says a new phase has begun
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 9 (UPI ... made possible after Hezbollah's candidate in the presidential elections, Suleiman Frangieh, withdrew Wednesday and announced his endorsement for the Army ...