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Lebanon moves closer to electing a President

Lebanon moves closer to electing a President as Israel ceasefire nears expiration

Lebanon risks losing vital reconstruction aid if parliament fails to elect a president during its session on Thursday. The high-stakes, long-awaited exercise comes about two weeks before the expiry of a 60-day deadline for Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon and ahead of US president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration,

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Lebanon Leaders In Talks For New Bid To Elect President

Lebanese political heavyweights held talks Wednesday a day ahead of a parliamentary session to elect a president, but even with key player Hezbollah weakened by war, there is no guarantee of consensus.

U.S. News & World Report · 3h

With Hezbollah Weakened, Lebanon to Hold Presidential Vote

Reflecting the shifts, Hezbollah and its ally the Shi'ite Amal Movement led by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri have dropped their insistence on Suleiman Frangieh, their declared ca

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Lebanon set for yet another attempt at electing president

Lebanese lawmakers are due to meet on Thursday to elect a president, but analysts say that even with key political player Hezbollah weakened by war, white smoke is not guaranteed. But, according to David Wood,

Israel, Lebanon and Amos Hochstein

The New York Times · 1d

U.S. Envoy Says Israel Will Withdraw From Southern Lebanon

With the deadline looming for the terms of a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah to be met, an American diplomat on Monday said “much progress” had been made recently.

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U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein says Israeli Army begins to withdraw from south Lebanon

U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein the Israeli Army has started to withdraw from the western sector of south Lebanon and will continue to do so until completely out of Lebanon in what he described as "a successful process.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

US Envoy Hochstein Says Israeli Army Withdrawals From Western Lebanon to Continue Until Military Fully Out

In a news conference in Lebanon following meetings with top Lebanese officials, Hochstein said these withdrawals would continue until the Israeli army was completely out of the country.

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Who's in the frame to be Lebanon's next president?

BEIRUT - Lebanon's parliament will attempt to elect elect a new head of state on Thursday, with officials seeing better odds ...

Christianity Today5h

A Christian and a Shiite Confront Loss in Lebanon

With many displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah, a believer wrestles with the challenge of coexistence.

Middle East Eye2h

Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Egyptian poet facing extradition to UAE 'at Beirut airport'

Lawyers for the son of Islamic scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi say he was taken to the airport where a rights group says an Emirati ...

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US shifts $100 million in military aid from Israel and Egypt to Lebanon to bolster ceasefire

The Biden administration in its final days is shifting more than $100 million in military aid from Israel and Egypt to ...

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UN calls for $370 mn in new humanitarian aid for Lebanon

The United Nations joined the Lebanese government on Tuesday to appeal for an additional $371.4 million in humanitarian aid ...

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Marine Bustros and Fadlo Dagher, of DHP Architecture, restore an iconic 19th-century church in the heart of Beirut

Saint Maroun Church in Gemmayzeh has been a staple of the Lebanese Maronite community since it was built in 1875. This past ...

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Iranian plane, diplomat searched at Beirut airport: What we know

On Nov. 15, an Iranian delegation accompanying Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was ...

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Factbox-Who’s in the frame to be Lebanon’s next president?

Lebanon's parliament will attempt to elect elect a new head of state on Thursday, with officials seeing better odds of ...

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Lebanon: Lebanon needs president who can address security, economic challenges: parliament member

Storyline: A new president of Lebanon should be elected as soon as possible to lead the country in addressing the security and economic challenges, said a member of the Lebanese Parliament. Political ...

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