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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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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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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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10/4/2022 10:57:16 PM
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Tuesday called for the election of a new president for Lebanon within the constitutional time frame before President Michel Aoun's tenure ends on Oct. 31, a statement by the Council of Ministers reported.
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10/1/2022 2:50:27 PM
The U.S. ambassador to Lebanon on Saturday delivered a maritime border demarcation proposal to President Michel Aoun and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Saturday, as negotiations with Israel progress.
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9/29/2022 6:15:34 PM
Lebanon's parliament failed to elect a new president after a first round of voting Thursday amid deep divisions over a replacement for Michel Aoun whose term expires next month.
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9/29/2022 12:33:14 PM
The Lebanese parliament met Thursday to elect a new president, with no consensus on a successor to outgoing head of state Michel Aoun despite an unprecedented financial crisis.
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8/29/2022 4:58:10 PM
The granddaughter of a former Lebanese president Monday announced her bid for the cash-strapped country's upcoming presidential elections on a platform critical of the Iran-backed Shia group Hezbollah.
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6/23/2022 1:41:51 PM
Lebanon's president began consultations with members of parliamentary blocs on Thursday to name a new prime minister following last month's parliamentary elections.
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6/14/2022 10:52:41 AM
The US envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border met Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Tuesday in Beirut, the president's office said . The talks focused on ways of reaching a solution amid rising tensions along the tense boundary.
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5/16/2022 9:31:08 PM
A lawmaker from the Iran-backed Hezbollah group on Monday warned rivals against becoming "shields for the Israelis", as Lebanon awaits election results likely to weaken the Shia group's bloc.
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3/16/2022 7:31:14 PM
Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Wednesday urged the United Nations for financial support to help Lebanon host Syrian refugees on its territories, a statement by Lebanon's Presidency reported.
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12/27/2021 10:49:49 PM
Lebanon's president called Monday for an end to an 11-week deadlock that has prevented the government from convening, further undermining state institutions in the country amid an economic meltdown.
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11/29/2021 1:43:54 PM
Lebanon's president arrived in Qatar Monday for the opening ceremony of an Arab soccer tournament amid - and for talks on the diplomatic crisis between Beirut and oil-rich Gulf nations.
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11/26/2021 2:58:54 PM
A small group of protesters broke into a ministry building in Beirut early Friday and removed a photo of the president from one of its main rooms, as the Lebanese pound hit new lows amid a worsening economic and political stalemate.
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11/20/2021 6:17:44 PM
A group of U.S. congressmen held meetings Saturday with Lebanon's top leaders during a fact-finding mission to the Middle East nation roiled by an unprecedented economic crisis.
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11/2/2021 8:28:22 PM
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said on Tuesday that Lebanese authorities are working on solving the dispute with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, a statement by Lebanon's presidency reported.
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9/13/2021 2:43:52 PM
This came in the wake of the first meeting of the Lebanese government which was held at the presidential palace in Baabda under the chairmanship of President Michel Aoun
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9/13/2021 12:07:05 PM
Addressing the meeting, Aoun said the new government members and hope that the new government would stand up to all challenges to meet the aspirations of the Lebanese people
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9/10/2021 2:06:00 PM
'The situation is difficult but not impossible to deal with if we cooperate,' Mikati told reporters at the presidential palace, where the new government line-up was announced
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