Lebanon Elects President Following a Two-Year Power Vacuum Signaling a Weakened Hezbollah
9 January 2025 at 15:46
Lebanonβs Parliament on Thursday elected the countryβs army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year deadlock and power vacuum at the top of the countryβs political power structure. The U.S.-backed army chief was voted president after two rounds of voting amid verbal clashes with Lebanese lawmakers shouting at each other following 12 previous [β¦]