BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's parliament is set to convene Thursday to attempt to elect a head of state for the 13th time during a presidential vacuum that's lasted over two years. This time, analysts said, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year deadlock and ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, three senior political sources said, ending a presidential vacuum which has persisted since ...

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Saturday that his country faces a “fateful” choice between a state monopoly on weapons or remaining “hostage to the logic of militias”, Anadolu Ajansi reported.