It’s complicated: The Aoun-Hezbollah relationship
Jan 18, 2019 · Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Hezbollah remain at loggerheads over the formation of a new government. The dispute has now entered its eighth month and the country is slowly tiptoeing towards a financial crisis.
A new President for Lebanon: What next in 2025? - The House of …
5 days ago · On 9 January 2025, the Lebanese Parliament elected army commander Joseph Aoun as President. Lebanon has had a caretaker presidency since October 2022, when Michel Aoun (who is not related) left office, and the Parliament was unable to agree a successor.
Mar Mikhael Agreement - Wikipedia
Mar Mikhael Agreement (or Mar Mikhael Understanding or memorandum of understanding between the FPM and Hezbollah, Arabic: تفاهم مار مخايل) is a memorandum of understanding signed on 6 February 2006 [1] between the Christian Michel Aoun, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, and the Shiite Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah, in the ...
Michel Aoun - Wikipedia
In 2016, Aoun reconciled with Geagea after signing the Maarab Agreement, and was endorsed by the Lebanese Forces, Future Movement, Progressive Socialist Party as well as Hezbollah to become the thirteenth President of Lebanon. He is the oldest president, taking office at …
Lebanon Can Succeed by Sidelining Hezbollah - Foreign Policy
14 hours ago · The fact that Aoun is favored by Washington and admired by the U.S. military leadership makes him even less attractive to Hezbollah. For several years, Aoun spearheaded major reform of the ...
With Hezbollah weakened, Lebanon to hold presidential vote
Jan 8, 2025 · Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa said last week there was "no veto" on Aoun. But the sources said Hezbollah, designated a terrorist group by the United States, will not support Aoun.
Lebanon elects country's army commander as president | AP News
Jan 9, 2025 · Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. It was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the army commander — whose term ended in October 2022.
France's Macron expresses support for new leadership in Lebanon …
20 hours ago · BEIRUT (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron met Friday with Lebanon’s newly elected President Joseph Aoun and vowed to support the small nation as it tries to recover from a historic economic crisis and the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war.. Macron’s trip to Lebanon, his first in more than four years, follows a 60-day ceasefire deal that went into effect Nov. 27 between Israel and ...
Ex President Aoun cautions against Hezbollah using war as …
Feb 20, 2024 · In a significant interview with local television station OTV, former Lebanese President Michel Aoun shared his insights on the evolving situation in Gaza and southern Lebanon, mainly focusing on Hezbollah's involvement in the conflict.
Top US military general discusses Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire with ...
4 days ago · The top US military general discusses Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire with Lebanon’s Michel Aoun, Jan. 13, 2024. ... Aoun has had a close working relationship with Kurilla because of the former’s ...