Lebanon country profile
1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon ...
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Lebanon: New president sparks hope for Mideast stability
With the election of Lebanon's new president Joseph Aoun on Thursday (January 9), a two-year period marked by a political vacuum under a previous caretaker government has ended. "Aoun was seen as the ...
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 ...
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Lebanon ex-president wishes newly elected president 'success'
"To congratulate him and wish him success in these difficult circumstances, of course this is an obligation," says former ...
Lebanon's parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long ...