Lebanon’s Success Depends on Sidelining Hezbollah
For the first time since 1958, there is reason for hope in Lebanon. That hope lies today in the rise of two Lebanese public figures who served their country ably ...
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Lebanon Names International Court of Justice Chief as Prime Minister
Lebanon’s newly-installed President Joseph Aoun on Monday named the sitting head of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Nawaf Salam, as prime minister on Monday. As with Aoun, Salam will ...
Lebanon Elects a New President—Finally
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Lebanon’s new head of state, destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County, and a deadly attack on Chad’s presidential palace. Forming a ...
Lebanon Elects Army Chief Joseph Aoun President After Two-Year Deadlock
The Lebanese legislature on Thursday elected army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun as president, filling an office that has been vacant since President Michel Aoun (no relation) ended his term in ...
