Macron visits Lebanon to push sovereignty, reforms amid new hope
BEIRUT (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Lebanon on Friday to help speed up the formation of a ...
Al-Monitor3d
Al-Waleed bin Talal announces Four Seasons to reopen in Beirut, Lebanon
The planned reopening of the hotel, which was damaged in the 2020 port explosion, follows Saudi-backed Gen. Joseph Aoun's ...
CNN6d
Watershed moment for the Middle East after Lebanon elects new president - with a Saudi push
It was a last-minute push by Saudi Arabia that decided Lebanon’s fate on Thursday. There were less than 24 hours before parliament was set to choose the next president. But Lebanon’s checkered ...
Middle East Eye10d
US dangles Saudi Arabia's cash to push candidate for Lebanon's presidency
In Riyadh meeting, US and Saudi Arabia agreed they had 'once in thirty-year opportunity' to sideline Hezbollah with election ...
Lebanon's new President Joseph Aoun says his first official abroad trip will be to Saudi Arabia
In a phone call with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who had called to congratulate him on winning the elections, Aoun said, ...
UAE to reopen embassy in Lebanon after more than three years
A high-level Emirati delegation is in Lebanon to make arrangements for the reopening of the UAE's embassy in Beirut after ...
New York Sun8d
Lebanon, by Electing Its Army Chief as President, May Finally Be Emerging From Under the Yoke of Iran
The new president, Joseph Aoun, is a favorite of America, France, and Saudi Arabia. He even gets a cautious endorsement from ...
Al-Monitor7d
Joseph Aoun elected president of Lebanon, ending two-year void
The election of army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun garnered rare consensus among the Lebanese, backed by the United States and ...
Macron heads to Lebanon to push sovereignty, reforms amid new hope
France President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Lebanon on Friday for the first time since 2020 to help speed up the ...
Palestine Chronicle1d
Why Syria Failed to Develop into a Democracy and Became a Mukhabarat State
The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a ...