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Will Lebanon finally elect a president after a 2-year vacuum?

Lebanon’s parliament is set to convene Thursday to attempt to elect a head of state for the 13th time during a more than 2-year-long presidential vacuum.

Reuters · 4h

With Hezbollah weakened, Lebanon to hold presidential vote

Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's war with Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in neighbouring Syria.

The Financial Times · 6h

Lebanon prepares for presidential vote in test of Hizbollah’s power

Parliamentary election follows two years of political deadlock blamed on militant group now weakened by war with Israel

Yahoo · 3h

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.

Barron's · 21h

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.

Middle East Eye3h

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 ...

U.S. envoy in Beirut amid uncertainty over future of Israel, Hezbollah ceasefire

Israeli troops withdrew from the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura on Monday, amid growing accusations from both sides of ...

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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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French special envoy to Lebanon expected in Beirut today

French President Emanuel Macron’s special envoy to Lebanon will land in Beirut today, according to the French Foreign Ministry spokesperson. He will also attend Thursday’s parliamentary session, which ...

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On This Day: Beirut car bomb kills former ambassador

On Dec. 27, 2013, a car bomb in Beirut killed seven people, including Mohamad Chatah, Lebanon's former ambassador to the ...

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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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Two relatives of Assad ‘arrested at Beirut airport with fake passports’

Assad’s relatives have been arrested at Beirut airport with forged passports, while his uncle, who is wanted for war crimes, ...

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Israel says 'eliminated' top Hezbollah commander in Beirut

Hezbollah said Wednesday that senior military commander Fuad Shukr was inside the building in Beirut's southern suburbs hit ...

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Beirut: where beauty emerges from chaos

the city may be tumultuous and troubled, but as the designers that live there attest, it never fails to inspire ...

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Exclusive: Bashar al-Assad's uncle Rifaat flew from Beirut to Dubai, Lebanese officials say

Assad, an uncle of the ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad charged in Switzerland with war crimes over the bloody suppression of a revolt in 1982, has flown from Beirut to Dubai in recent days, two ...

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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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