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1/9/2025 4:55:14 PM
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was sworn in on Thursday in the Lebanese parliament following his presidential election.
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1/9/2025 3:06:00 PM
Lebanon’s parliament has elected the army chief Joseph Aounto be the country’s next president, ending a years-long political stalemate and presidential vacuum.
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1/9/2025 1:53:21 PM
Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun on Thursday fell short of the two-thirds majority to become president in the first round of a parliamentary vote, but could still win in a second round.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
12/8/2024 8:24:12 PM
The Palestinian film Happy Holidays won the Marrakech Film Festival’s top award, Étoile d’Or (Golden Star). Actresses Manar Shehab and Wafaa Aoun shared Best Actress Awards.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/5/2024 5:17:49 PM
Palestinian Bassem Abu Aoun serves Gaza-style turkey shawarma at his restaurant in an eastern Cairo neighbourhood, where a growing number of businesses opened by those fleeing war have many dubbing the area "Little Gaza".
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/16/2023 12:52:39 PM
Lebanese lawmakers on Friday extended the army chief's mandate, averting a military power vacuum as the country faces spillover of the Israeli war on Gaza without a president or a fully functioning government.
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7/25/2023 8:52:54 PM
Lebanon's powerful parliament speaker Nabih Berri met Tuesday with French special envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Beirut to help resolve divisions that have left the presidency vacant for nearly nine months.
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6/6/2023 4:12:52 PM
Former Lebanese President Michel Aoun is set to meet Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus to discuss enhancing relations, marking his first visit in 14 years, Lebanese media reported.
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3/6/2023 8:42:48 PM
The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah said Monday the group backs a former Cabinet minister and strong ally to become Lebanon’s next president.
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12/23/2022 1:58:21 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron called on Lebanon Friday to "get rid" of its political leaders who have for months blocked reforms vital to save its stricken economy.
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11/10/2022 2:50:33 PM
Lebanon's divided parliament failed Thursday to elect a new president for the fifth time, with the post vacant since the mandate of Michel Aoun expired last month.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
11/8/2022 9:25:00 PM
Lebanon has entered a new period of constitutional stalemate following the resignation of outgoing president Michel Aoun, writes Rabha Allam
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World
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Region
11/6/2022 8:25:17 PM
Pope Francis urged Lebanese politicians Sunday to "put aside... personal interests" and come to an agreement on filling a power vacuum in the crisis-hit country, which currently has no president.
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Region
11/1/2022 6:29:45 PM
Already mired in political and economic crises, Lebanon is now also without a president after Michel Aoun's mandate expired without a successor.
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World
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Region
10/30/2022 12:49:48 PM
Michel Aoun was vacating Lebanon's presidential palace on Sunday, amid acclaim from his supporters, a day before his mandate expires without a designated successor, threatening a new power vacuum in the crisis-torn country.
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World
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Region
10/24/2022 1:07:44 PM
Lebanon's parliament failed Monday for a fourth time to elect a successor to President Michel Aoun, with lawmakers divided over a candidate opposed by the powerful Hezbollah movement.
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World
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Region
10/20/2022 2:06:03 PM
Lebanon's parliament failed Thursday for a third time to elect a successor to President Michel Aoun, stoking fears of a political vacuum after his mandate expires at the end of the month.
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World
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Region
10/13/2022 8:09:26 PM
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said Thursday that the cash-strapped country has approved a U.S.-mediated maritime border deal with Israel.
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World
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Region
10/11/2022 8:25:10 PM
Israeli and Lebanese leaders announced on Tuesday that the final version of the proposal to demarcate the maritime border has been reached.
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World
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Region
10/10/2022 11:25:49 PM
Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday said he hopes that a deal on border demarcation with Israel would be completed within days.
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