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Lebanon’s Aoun could move toward peace – if Hezbollah lets him
Even the chief of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, Muhammad Raad, sounded tame. “By voting for his excellency President Aoun, we wanted to send a message that we are the defenders of national ...
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Who is Joseph Aoun, a low-profile army chief who is now Lebanon's president?
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense and averse to affiliating himself with any ...
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Lebanon's parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. It was the legislature’s 13th ...