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Lebanon Turns a Political Page

Weakening of Hezbollah allowed Lebanon to fill vacant presidency

The weakening of Hezbollah in last year's war with Israel allowed Lebanon's long deadlocked parliament to reach consensus around a president who has the confidence of the international community.Deadlock in parliament between pro- and anti-Hezbollah blocs had stalemated a dozen previous attempts to elect a president,

FOX News on MSN · 7h

Lebanon's new president strikes a nationalistic tone amid regional shifts, further weakening of Hezbollah

The Lebanese parliament finally voted on a new president on Thursday following two years of deadlock. Joseph Aoun the head of the country's armed forces won a majority of the votes.

The New York Times · 8h

Lebanon Turns a Political Page as Hezbollah’s Hold Is Weakened

For decades, Hezbollah’s grip on Lebanon was iron tight. With its vast arsenal, the militant group was more powerful than the country’s national military. It controlled or held sway over Lebanon’s most important government agencies as well as critical infrastructure,

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LBCI Lebanon · 32m

Israel’s breaches in south Lebanon: What’s really happening on the border?

There are suggestions that the Israeli army may remain in three strategic points in Lebanon: Labbouneh, Jabal Blat, and El Hamames Hill—areas where the Lebanese army was supposed to deploy on Friday.

The New York Times · 3d

U.S. Envoy Says Israel Will Withdraw From Southern Lebanon

With the deadline looming for the terms of a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah to be met, an American diplomat on Monday said “much progress” had been made recently.

U.S. News & World Report · 2h

At Least Two Killed in Israeli Strike on Southern Lebanon, Health Ministry Says

The Israeli military said it had conducted an airstrike on vehicles loaded with weapons used by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement in southern Lebanon. The army said it "continues to be committed to the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon,

Lebanon has new president

The Associated Press on MSN · 2h

Who is Joseph Aoun, a low-profile army chief who is now Lebanon's president?

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with any party or even expressing a political opinion — a rarity for someone in Lebanon’s fractured, transactional political system.

The Boston Globe · 21h

Lebanon has new president: armed forces commander

General Joseph Aoun was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States, which funds, trains, and arms the Lebanese military and helped broker a cease-fire between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah in November.

The Washington Post · 1d

Lebanon elects Joseph Aoun as new president

Lebanon’s parliament voted to elect Gen. Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as the country’s new president on Jan. 9.

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Middle East latest: Israel launches new strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Palestinians and family members of hostages who were killed in captivity have been imploring the Israeli government and world ...

Lebanon country profile

1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon ...

Middle East Institute30m

With election of nationalist president, Lebanon moves to exit the Axis of Resistance

With a nearly unanimous 99 out of 128 votes, the Lebanese parliament elected the head of the army, Gen. Joseph Aoun, as ...

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US shifts $100 million in military aid from Israel and Egypt to Lebanon to bolster ceasefire

The Biden administration in its final days is shifting more than $100 million in military aid from Israel and Egypt to ...

The Boston Globe1mon

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Lebanon is magical. Lebanon is a failed state. Although Hezbollah’s recent cease-fire with Israel might stem the latest round of violence in the country, it does nothing to address the forces ...

KERA News18d

What the Israel-Hezbollah war did to Lebanon's cultural heritage sites

TIBNIN CASTLE, Southern Lebanon — The walls of a limestone citadel towering over olive groves near the frontiers of Lebanon, Syria and Israel tell the history of various civilizations that ruled ...

With UNRWA fate unclear, UN and Israel argue over who's responsible for Palestinians

The United Nations and Israel are arguing over who must fill the gap if U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA stops working in ...

Reuters2d

Israel and Hamas at War

2025 U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein said on Monday that he was happy to see the Israeli army withdraw from the western sector of Lebanon back to Israel. US envoy Hochstein says Israeli army withdrawals ...

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