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Thursday, January 9, 2025
After 2 years without a president, Lebanese MKs pick army chief Joseph Aoun for role
Lebanese lawmakers elects army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group after its devastating war with Israel.
The country has been without a president for two years, and multiple previous efforts to elect one had failed.