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Lebanon Elects New President in Sign of Hezbollah’s Waning InfluenceHezbollah’s declining status in Lebanon has been seen in other ways, besides the presidential election, in which the group’s preferred candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, dropped out at the last ...
The breakthrough came on Wednesday when Suleiman Frangieh, the candidate supported by Hezbollah, dropped out of the race and announced his support for Aoun. The big picture: U.S. officials said ...
Hezbollah, the Shiite terrorist group that became a powerful political force in Lebanon, had refused to allow an election unless its preferred candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, was chosen president.
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Lebanon moves closer to electing president as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire nears expirationand Hezbollah and its Shiite ally the Amal Movement – led by the powerful parliamentary president Nabih Berri. They had backed Suleiman Frangieh, scion of an important political family from the ...
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Lebanon must elect president during 60-day truce with Israel as part of ceasefire dealHezbollah, represented in both parliament and government, has persistently backed Suleiman Frangieh, a close ally of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. However, recent remarks from the group's ...
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Lebanon Elects President Following a Two-Year Power Vacuum Signalling a Weakened HezbollahLebanon's Parliament on Thursday elected the country's army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year deadlock and power vacuum at the top of the country's political power structure.
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With Hezbollah weakened, Lebanon to hold presidential voteLebanon's parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's war with Hezbollah and the toppling of ...
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