Saudi foreign minister makes first official trip to Lebanon in a decade after years of strained ties
BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia's top diplomat visited Lebanon on Thursday for the first time in a decade following years of strained relations between the oil-rich kingdom and the small Mediterranean ...
Top Saudi diplomat to visit Lebanon for first time in 15 years
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister visits Lebanon on Thursday in the first trip to Beirut by Riyadh's top diplomat in 15 years, ...
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Macron visits Beirut for first time since Aoun's election and visits Greek Orthodox college
Before meeting with and congratulating the newly elected President, Macron along with his entourage, consisting of former French Foreign Minister and Defense ...
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Lebanon: The UN Human Rights Chief visits Beirut
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, visited Beirut today as part of his trip to Syria and ...
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Lebanon country profile
2000 - Israel pulls out of south Lebanon 2005 - Former prime minister Rafik Hariri is killed by a car bomb in Beirut, sparking anti-Syrian rallies and a political crisis. 2006 - Israel attacks ...
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Weakening of Hezbollah allowed Lebanon to fill vacant presidency
Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – The weakening of Hezbollah in last year's war with Israel allowed Lebanon's long deadlocked parliament to reach consensus around a president who has the confidence of ...
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Who is Joseph Aoun, a low-profile army chief who is now Lebanon’s president?
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with ...
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Lebanon country profile
With its high literacy rate and traditional mercantile culture, Lebanon has been an important commercial hub ... Read more country profiles - Profiles by BBC Monitoring Capital: Beirut Area: 10,452 sq ...
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Lebanon's parliament elects US-backed army chief as head of state after 12 failed attempts
Lebanon’s parliament has elected army commander ... the government has a battered economy and power infrastructure to revive. Beirut is six years into an economic and financial crisis that ...
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Lebanon meets to finally elect president after two-year vacancy
US envoy Amos Hochstein was in Beirut earlier this week urging the country’s lawmakers to make the election a success. A Saudi envoy also visited Lebanon on Wednesday for the second time in two ...
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Lebanon's parliament chooses army commander Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
Lebanese lawmakers gather to elect a new president at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament ...
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UAE leaders congratulate Joseph Aoun on election as Lebanon president
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a congratulatory cable to President Joseph Aoun on the occasion of his presidential election victory and on taking constitutional oath as ...