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Will Lebanon finally elect a president after a 2-year vacuum?
Lebanon’s parliament is set to convene Thursday to attempt to elect a head of state for the 13th time during a more than 2-year-long presidential vacuum.
Lebanon Leaders In Talks For New Bid To Elect President
Lebanese political heavyweights held talks Wednesday a day ahead of a parliamentary session to elect a president, but even with key player Hezbollah weakened by war, there is no guarantee of consensus.
Lebanon’s parliament faces challenges in electing president after over 2 years of political deadlock
Parliament will convene on Thursday in effort to end country’s prolonged political crisis, fill presidential vacancy that has persisted since October 2022 - Anadolu Ajansı
Lebanon set for yet another attempt at electing president
Lebanese lawmakers are due to meet on Thursday to elect a president, but analysts say that even with key political player Hezbollah weakened by war, white smoke is not guaranteed.But, according to David Wood,
Lebanon parliament to elect president with Hezbollah’s power on the decline
The post, reserved for a Maronite Christian in the country's sectarian power-sharing system, has been vacant since Michel Aoun's term ended in October, 2022. None of the political groups in the 128-seat parliament have enough seats to impose their choice,
Lebanon political crisis: New attempt to elect first president since 2022
Lebanon's politicians have failed to elect a president for over two years. Thursday's attempt coincides with regional power shifts.
Factbox-Who's in the frame to be Lebanon's next president?
Lebanon's parliament will attempt to elect elect a new head of state on Thursday, with officials seeing better odds of ...
With Stakes High, Lebanese Lawmakers to Try Again to Choose a President
Despite pressure by the United States and others to elect a president in order to receive financial support, a consensus ...
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Who are Lebanon's top presidential candidates for this week's crunch vote?
The New Arab presents the candidates whose names are circulating ahead of 9 January's parliamentary session to elect a ...
With Hezbollah weakened, Lebanon to hold presidential vote
Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a ...
White House shifting military aid to Lebanon
The Biden administration in its final days is shifting more than $100 million in military aid from Israel and Egypt to ...
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Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say
The wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad ’s cousins were arrested Friday at the Beirut airport, ...
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Lebanon: ICRC president urges renewal of ceasefire and sustained humanitarian assistance to help civilians rebuild
“Civilians cannot afford for the ceasefire to lapse, plunging them back into heavy fighting that would bring more death and ...
US Envoy Urges Lebanon Reach 'Political Consensus' Before President Vote
US envoy Amos Hochstein on Monday urged Lebanon's politicians, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, to come together ahead of a vote for a new president following two years of deadlock.