Lebanon: A message for Hezbollah, Iran in Joseph Aoun's election as president
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon: A message for Hezbollah, Iran in Joseph Aoun's election as president

Firstpost  

This is the first time Lebanon got a president in two years after a long period of power vacuum that began after former president Michel Aoun’s term ended in October 2022 Lebanese Army Commander General Joseph Aoun arrives for a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, December 16, 2024. File Image/AP The newly elected president of Lebanon Joseph Aoun on Thursday vowed to work on the exclusive right to carry arms. This is the first time Lebanon got a president in two years after a long period of power vacuum that began after former president Michel Aoun’s term ended in October 2022. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar congratulated Lebanon, saying on X he hoped Aoun’s election would contribute towards stability and good neighbourly relations.

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Lebanese president hopes to mend ties with Saudi Arabia in first visit in years
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Lebanese president hopes to mend ties with Saudi Arabia in first visit in years

Hindustan Times  

BEIRUT — Lebanon's president said Monday that he hopes to strengthen ties with Saudi Arabia during a visit to the kingdom following years of strained relations between the countries. Lebanese president hopes to mend ties with Saudi Arabia in first visit in years Joseph Aoun became Lebanon's first head of state to visit Riyadh in six years. Aoun was quoted …

Lebanese president hopes to mend ties with Saudi Arabia in first visit in years
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Lebanese president hopes to mend ties with Saudi Arabia in first visit in years

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s president said Monday that he hopes to strengthen ties with Saudi Arabia during a visit to the kingdom following years of strained relations between the countries. Aoun was quoted as saying that his visit was an “opportunity to emphasize the depth of Lebanese-Saudi relations and also an occasion to express Lebanon’s appreciation for the role played by …

Lebanon's new govt poised to focus on reform, rescue
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon's new govt poised to focus on reform, rescue

China Daily  

This handout picture released by the Lebanese presidency shows designate Prime Minister Nawaf Salam delivering a statement to the press at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on Feb 8, 2025. AFP PHOTO/HANDOUT/LEBANESE PRESIDENCY Lebanon's first full-fledged government since 2022, formed on Saturday after weeks of tough political deliberations following unusually direct intervention from the United States, is …

War-Torn Lebanon Forms Its First Government In Over 2 Years
1 month, 2 weeks ago

War-Torn Lebanon Forms Its First Government In Over 2 Years

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022. In this photo released by the Lebanese Presidency Press Office, Lebanese president Joseph Aoun, center, meets with Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam, right, and parliament speaker Nabih Berri, left, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. via Associated Press …

War-torn Lebanon forms first government in over 2 years
1 month, 2 weeks ago

War-torn Lebanon forms first government in over 2 years

The Hindu  

Lebanon's new Prime Minister on Saturday formed the country's first full-fledged government since 2022. President Joseph Aoun announced in a statement that he had accepted the resignation of the former caretaker government and signed a decree with new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam forming the new government. Mr. Salam's cabinet of 24 ministers, split evenly between Christian and Muslim sects, was …

War-torn Lebanon forms its first government in over 2 years to end deadlock
1 month, 2 weeks ago

War-torn Lebanon forms its first government in over 2 years to end deadlock

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022. He also promised to follow up on implementation of a ceasefire agreement that ended the most recent war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group and political party Hezbollah in late November and to ensure that Israeli forces “withdraw from Lebanese territory until the …

Lebanon names new government after two-year caretaker cabinet
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon names new government after two-year caretaker cabinet

Al Jazeera  

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun has announced the formation of a new government after more than two years of an interim cabinet amid political wrangling and a major economic collapse. The presidency said on Saturday it accepted the resignation of the caretaker government and appointed Prime Minister Nawaf Salam‘s new cabinet of 24 ministers, the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022. …

UN chief Guterres pledges international support as Lebanon rebuilds
2 months, 1 week ago

UN chief Guterres pledges international support as Lebanon rebuilds

The Hindu  

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said the international community will back Lebanon "for what we believe will be a speedy recovery of this country, making it again the centre of the Middle East". The UN chief made the comments on Saturday following a meeting in Beirut with Lebanon's newly-elected president Joseph Aoun. Mr. Guterres said that naming a president …

Macron urges Israel to accelerate troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon
2 months, 1 week ago

Macron urges Israel to accelerate troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon

Al Jazeera  

France’s Emmanuel Macron is the first foreign head of state to visit Beirut since Joseph Aoun was elected as Lebanon’s president. During a visit to Beirut on Friday, Macron also said Lebanon’s military must have a total monopoly on weapons, and he voiced France’s support for strengthening the Lebanese army’s deployment in the country’s south. “We need a total withdrawal …

After economic meltdown and war with Israel, Lebanon’s new prime minister vows to rebuild
2 months, 1 week ago

After economic meltdown and war with Israel, Lebanon’s new prime minister vows to rebuild

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s prime minister-designate vowed Tuesday to work on building a modern state in the crisis-hit country, saying his priorities will be to rebuild the destruction caused by a yearlong war with Israel and work on pulling the small nation out of its historic economic meltdown. Nawaf Salam spoke after meeting with Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun, who himself …

Lebanon President Aoun names Nawaf Salam prime minister after lawmakers' support
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2 months, 1 week ago

Lebanon President Aoun names Nawaf Salam prime minister after lawmakers' support

Firstpost  

After consultations with lawmakers, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday picked Nawaf Salam, the presiding judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, as the prime minister of the crisis-hit country Judge and President of the International Court of Justice Nawaf Salam delivers a non-binding ruling on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank …

Lebanon to name a prime minister as new phase begins
2 months, 1 week ago

Lebanon to name a prime minister as new phase begins

The Hindu  

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun began consultations with lawmakers on Monday to designate a prime minister in what political sources saw as a tight race between incumbent Najib Mikati and International Court of Justice President Nawaf Salam. The designation of the prime minister is the next step in the formation of a new administration following Mr. Aoun's election to the vacant …

Lebanon’s president names ICJ judge Nawaf Salam as PM-designate
2 months, 1 week ago

Lebanon’s president names ICJ judge Nawaf Salam as PM-designate

Al Jazeera  

The designation shows a shift in the power balance in Lebanon as Hezbollah wanted Najib Mikati to keep the job. The announcement on Monday reflects the weakened position of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, which wanted caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to keep the job, following its devastating war with Israel and the toppling of the group’s ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria …

Lebanon's new President Joseph Aoun says his first official abroad trip will be to Saudi Arabia
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon's new President Joseph Aoun says his first official abroad trip will be to Saudi Arabia

Firstpost  

In a phone call with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who had called to congratulate him on winning the elections, Aoun said, “Saudi Arabia would be the first destination in his visits abroad” Rice is thrown on newly-appointed General Joseph Aoun as army commander, upon his arrival at his family's house in Sin El Fil, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon, March …

Watershed moment for the Middle East after Lebanon elects new president - with a Saudi push
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Watershed moment for the Middle East after Lebanon elects new president - with a Saudi push

CNN  

CNN — It was a last-minute push by Saudi Arabia that decided Lebanon’s fate on Thursday. Why had Saudi Arabia expended so much diplomatic capital to deliver a president, ending nearly eight years of disengagement from Lebanon that it dismissed as “lost” to Iranian domination via Hezbollah? “We support international cooperation… but no one should interfere with our sovereignty.” Aoun’s …

Watershed moment for the Middle East after Lebanon elects new president - with a Saudi push
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Watershed moment for the Middle East after Lebanon elects new president - with a Saudi push

CNN  

CNN — It was a last-minute push by Saudi Arabia that decided Lebanon’s fate on Thursday. Why had Saudi Arabia expended so much diplomatic capital to deliver a president, ending nearly eight years of disengagement from Lebanon that it dismissed as “lost” to Iranian domination via Hezbollah? “We support international cooperation… but no one should interfere with our sovereignty.” Aoun’s …

Lebanese president to consult on new prime minister from Monday
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanese president to consult on new prime minister from Monday

Hindustan Times  

BEIRUT - Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will hold consultations with members of parliament from Jan. 13 to nominate a prime minister, the presidency said on Friday. Lebanese president to consult on new prime minister from Monday Once named, the new prime minister must form a government, a process that often takes many months. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati …

Who is Joseph Aoun, a low-profile army chief who is now Lebanon’s president?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. “He wanted to take care of business, and his only order of business was commanding the Lebanese army.” That might make Aoun an odd fit as Lebanon’s president after being elected Thursday — ending a more than two-year vacuum in the post — but …

Lebanon army chief Aoun becomes president after two-year void
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon army chief Aoun becomes president after two-year void

Deccan Chronicle  

BEIRUT: Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacancy in a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial crisis. Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday, arrived in parliament to take the oath of office to general applause, wearing a dark suit and blue tie instead of his usual military …

Joseph Aoun: Lebanon elects president after 2 years and 2 months
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Joseph Aoun: Lebanon elects president after 2 years and 2 months

Firstpost  

Lebanon has elected Joseph Aoun, its army chief, as its president. File Image/Reuters Lebanon’s top contender for the presidential post, Joseph Aoun, was elected as the country’s president in the second round of voting, after he fell short of the two-thirds majority in the first round of the parliamentary vote on Thursday. The West Asian country has been operating without …

Lebanon's presidential frontrunner Joseph Aoun, respected army chief
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon's presidential frontrunner Joseph Aoun, respected army chief

The Hindu  

Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun, the frontrunner in Thursday's vote for president, is a political neophyte but is expected to benefit from his position as head of one of the country's most respected institutions. Aoun "has a reputation of personal integrity", said Karim Bitar, an international relations expert at Beirut's Saint-Joseph University. 'Relations with everyone' Mohanad Hage Ali, from the …

Lebanon makes 13th attempt in 2 years to elect its president, eyes on a weakened Hezbollah
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon makes 13th attempt in 2 years to elect its president, eyes on a weakened Hezbollah

Firstpost  

Lebanon has been operating without a full-fledged functional government since its last president Michel Aoun’s term ended in October 2022 Members of staff prepare the main chamber of the Parliament and set up a ballot box, a day ahead of a parliamentary session to elect a president in Beirut on January 8, 2025. The West Asian country has been operating …

Lebanon’s Parliament will try to pick President after 12 failed attempts over two years
Top News
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon’s Parliament will try to pick President after 12 failed attempts over two years

The Hindu  

Lebanon’s parliament was set to make yet another effort to elect a President on Thursday, filling a vacuum that’s lasted for more than two years. While 12 previous attempts have failed to choose a successor to former President Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022, there are indications that Thursday’s vote may produce a head of state. Hezbollah previously …

Lebanon’s parliament trying again to pick a president, after 12 failed attempts over 2 years
Top News
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon’s parliament trying again to pick a president, after 12 failed attempts over 2 years

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament convened Thursday to make yet another effort to elect a president, filling a vacuum that’s lasted for more than two years. While 12 previous attempts have failed to choose a successor to former President Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022, there are indications that Thursday’s vote may produce a head of state. Hezbollah previously …

Who is Joseph Aoun? US-backed Army chief elected Lebanon's president
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is Joseph Aoun? US-backed Army chief elected Lebanon's president

India Today  

Joseph Aoun,60, has been elected as Lebanon’s head of state by the parliament, ending a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. Aoun, no relation to former president Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild. Hezbollah previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, the …

Lebanon’s parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending two-year deadlock
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon’s parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending two-year deadlock

LA Times  

Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun reviews the honor guard upon his arrival at the Lebanese parliament in Beirut to be sworn in on Thursday. Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year presidential vacuum. The vote came weeks after a tenuous cease-fire agreement halted a 14-month conflict between …

Who is Joseph Aoun, the new president of Lebanon?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is Joseph Aoun, the new president of Lebanon?

Al Jazeera  

Lebanese Army commander Joseph Aoun is the new president of Lebanon. The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his predecessor, Michel Aoun – who is not related to the new president. Economic and political crises Aoun’s term as commander of the Lebanese army coincided with a period of incredible …

Lebanon parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as president
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as president

Al Jazeera  

Aoun is widely seen as the preferred pick of the United States and regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia. Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun has been elected as the country’s president, ending a power vacuum that lasted for more than two years. “There is no doubt the election of Joseph Aoun is a new era in Lebanon,” said Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, …

Will Lebanon finally elect a president after a 2-year vacuum?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Will Lebanon finally elect a president after a 2-year vacuum?

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — 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. Michael Young, a senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, said that the current election “has taken a long time simply because parliament, reflecting the reality …

With Hezbollah weakened, Lebanon to hold presidential vote
2 months, 2 weeks ago

With Hezbollah weakened, Lebanon to hold presidential vote

Hindustan Times  

* With Hezbollah weakened, Lebanon to hold presidential vote Lebanon has not had a president for more than 2 years * Parliamentary vote takes place amidst historic regional shift * Army commander, IMF official seen among leading candidates * But not yet clear if any will be elected, analyst says * Saudi envoy in Beirut on eve of session By …

Lebanon’s parliament renews army chief’s term in first session after ceasefire
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Lebanon’s parliament renews army chief’s term in first session after ceasefire

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament Thursday renewed the term of army chief Joseph Aoun, who is seen as a potential presidential candidate in next year’s vote. The parliament has seldom met since Israel’s war with Hezbollah began 14 months ago, and has not convened to try to elect a president since June 2023, leaving the country in a political gridlock. French …

Lebanon parliament to meet on January 9 to elect president
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Lebanon parliament to meet on January 9 to elect president

Deccan Chronicle  

Beriut: Lebanon's parliament will meet on January 9 to elect a new president, seeking to end more than two years without a head of state, official media reported Thursday, a day after an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire began. "Speaker Nabih Berri called a parliament session to elect a president of the republic on January 9," the official National News Agency reported. Lebanon …

Hezbollah chief congratulates Iran's Pezeshkian on vote win
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Hezbollah chief congratulates Iran's Pezeshkian on vote win

Hindustan Times  

Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday congratulated Iranian president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian on his victory, emphasising Tehran's role as a "strong" supporter of regional "resistance" groups. Iran's newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian In a letter circulated on the Iran-backed group's social media channels, Nasrallah congratulated Pezeshkian on his "blessed election" by the Iranian people. Tehran provides financial and military support to …

Will the Lebanese parliament manage to elect a president today?
1 year, 9 months ago

Will the Lebanese parliament manage to elect a president today?

Al Jazeera  

Sleiman Frangieh and Jihad Azour competing for presidency, as the Lebanese Parliament convenes for the twelfth time in an attempt to elect a new leader. There are two main candidates expected to run on Wednesday to succeed former President Michel Aoun: Marada party leader Sleiman Frangieh and former regional director at the International Monetary Fund Jihad Azour. Lebanon’s complex confessional …

Lebanon’s parliament fails to elect president for 12th time
1 year, 9 months ago

Lebanon’s parliament fails to elect president for 12th time

Al Jazeera  

Quorum was broken after the bloc led by Hezbollah withdrew after the first round vote. Lebanon’s parliament has – for the 12th time – failed to elect a president and break a political deadlock that has gripped the country for months. Reporting from Beirut, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr said the Hezbollah alliance walked out just as it did during the …

Iran urges Lebanese sides to reach agreement over president
1 year, 10 months ago

Iran urges Lebanese sides to reach agreement over president

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Iran’s foreign minister said Thursday that Tehran wants Lebanon’s rivals to reach an agreement to elect a new president in the crisis-hit country that has been without a head of state since October. Hossein Amirabdollahian made his comments during his first visit to Lebanon since Iran and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement in China last month to re-establish …

Lebanon’s political impasse continues despite Iran-Saudi deal
1 year, 11 months ago

Lebanon’s political impasse continues despite Iran-Saudi deal

Al Jazeera  

The Saudi-Iran rapprochement has yet to reflect on Lebanon’s political deadlock, as fierce opposition to Hezbollah’s ‘Iran candidate’ continues. “Unlike in Yemen, the Saudi-Iran deal will not reflect on Lebanon’s political reality in the foreseeable future, except in terms of preventing further escalations among local allies,” Lebanese Environment Minister Nasser Yassin told Al Jazeera. Mousavi rejected the possibility that the …

Hezbollah says it backs Christian ally to become president
2 years ago

Hezbollah says it backs Christian ally to become president

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — 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. Hezbollah is believed to oppose the army chief’s bid for president because he enjoys backing by the U.S. Lebanon’s deeply divided parliament has failed to elect a president during 11 sessions held since the term …

EXPLAINER: Why can’t Lebanon elect a president?
2 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why can’t Lebanon elect a president?

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon has been without a president for over a month, its legislators unable to agree on a new head of state. In 2021, Saudi Arabia banned agricultural exports from Lebanon, nominally due to shipments being used to smuggle drugs, and later that year banned all Lebanese exports after a minister called Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen “absurd.” Experts …

Amid crisis, Hezbollah seeks an ally in the next Lebanese president
2 years, 4 months ago

Amid crisis, Hezbollah seeks an ally in the next Lebanese president

LA Times  

Hezbollah fighters appear at a rally marking the group’s Martyr’s Day in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh on Friday. The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said Friday he wants the next Lebanese president to be a politician who won’t “betray” the Iran-backed faction and assailed the United States for what he described as an undeclared “siege” on his …

Lebanon's Aoun leaves presidential palace as political crisis deepens
2 years, 4 months ago

Lebanon's Aoun leaves presidential palace as political crisis deepens

The Hindu  

Lebanon's outgoing head of state, Michel Aoun, vacated the presidential palace on Sunday, cheered on by thousands of his loyal supporters, a day before his mandate expires without a designated successor. Mr. Aoun also said he had signed a decree formalising the resignation of Najib Mikati's caretaker government, deepening a political crisis in a country where the economy has all …

Lebanon president leaves with no replacement, crisis deepens
2 years, 4 months ago

Lebanon president leaves with no replacement, crisis deepens

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun left Lebanon’s presidential palace Sunday, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a political vacuum that is likely to worsen its historic economic meltdown. As Aoun’s term ends, the country is being run by a caretaker government after Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati failed to form a new …

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun leaves office amid crisis
2 years, 4 months ago

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun leaves office amid crisis

Al Jazeera  

President Michel Aoun leaves office a day earlier than when his six-year mandate ends as parliament fails to agree on his successor. Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has vacated the presidential palace with no successor in line to replace him as the divided country struggles to recover from a years-long financial crisis. Addressing his supporters outside the Baabda presidential palace in …

Lebanon Fails for Third Time to Elect President Amid Worst-ever Financial Crisis
2 years, 5 months ago

Lebanon Fails for Third Time to Elect President Amid Worst-ever Financial Crisis

News 18  

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. Lawmaker Michel Moawad, son of former president Rene Moawad, emerged as a frontrunner when parliament first convened to vote on a new president last month, with lawmakers opposed …

Lebanon lawmakers fail to elect president for second time
2 years, 5 months ago

Lebanon lawmakers fail to elect president for second time

The Hindu  

Lebanon's parliament on Thursday failed for a second time to elect a successor to President Michel Aoun, with some lawmakers boycotting the vote meaning the quorum was not reached. Lebanon, grappling with its worst-ever financial crisis, is also in the throes of a political paralysis that has hampered attempts to form a new government, since the outgoing cabinet's mandate expired …

Lebanese lawmakers to convene to elect country’s president
2 years, 5 months ago

Lebanese lawmakers to convene to elect country’s president

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament speaker on Tuesday summoned lawmakers for a session this week to elect the country’s next president, offering a glimmer of hope of a political step forward even as chaos roils this Mideast nation. Under Lebanon’s fragile sectarian power-sharing system, the country’s 128-member parliament votes for a president, who must be a Maronite Christian. The other announced …

Lebanon: Do election results offer any hope for change?
2 years, 10 months ago

Lebanon: Do election results offer any hope for change?

Al Jazeera  

On Thursday, May 26 at 19:30 GMT: This week, Lebanon’s pro-Hezbollah political bloc lost their parliamentary majority in an election that also saw unprecedented wins by independent candidates inspired by the country’s 2019 protest movement. With many establishment politicians now out of the picture, it remains to be seen whether newly elected independents can effectively enact change in a nation …

Elections in Lebanon, does political change stand a chance?
2 years, 10 months ago

Elections in Lebanon, does political change stand a chance?

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera discusses with analysts what lies ahead as power has shifted in Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system. Hezbollah’s broad alliances were “weak and fragile”, and elections were one way of demonstrating loyalty, Carnegie Middle East Research Fellow Mohanad Hage Ali explained. The election results might also indicate shifts in public opinion among Shia voters too, the researcher said, explaining that …

Hezbollah, allies lose majority in Lebanon’s parliament
2 years, 10 months ago

Hezbollah, allies lose majority in Lebanon’s parliament

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and its allies lost their parliamentary majority, final elections results showed Tuesday, while more than a dozen independent newcomers gained seats. Still, the results were hailed as a major breakthrough for groups opposed to Hezbollah and the country’s other powerful political parties blamed for the collapse, introducing more new independent faces than was expected. …

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