The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022.

a government,” Mr Michel Mouawad, a Christian lawmaker opposed to Hezbollah who voted for Gen Aoun, told Reuters. “We did get a message from Saudi of support,” he added. The Saudi King and ...

a government," Michel Mouawad, a Christian lawmaker opposed to Hezbollah who voted for Aoun, told Reuters before the vote. "We did get a message from Saudi of support," he added. The Saudi king ...

a government,” Michel Mouawad, a Christian lawmaker opposed to Hezbollah who voted for Aoun, told Reuters before the vote. “We did get a message from Saudi of support,” he added. Aoun’s ...

The Mediterranean country had been without a president since the term of Michel Aoun ended in October 2022, with tensions between Hezbollah and its opponents scuppering a dozen previous votes.

The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. Hezbollah previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh ...

Hezbollah — which has been weakened politically ... It ended when former president Michel Aoun was elected. The president’s role in Lebanon is limited under the power-sharing system in which ...

Suleiman’s successor, Michel Aoun, largely left the group unchallenged but alienated Lebanon’s allies in the Persian Gulf. With Hezbollah largely beaten on the battlefield, some of the group ...