with officials seeing better odds of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's assault on Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The post, reserved for ...

with officials seeing better odds of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's assault on Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The post, reserved for ...

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 Presidency is reserved for a Maronite Christian in the country's sectarian power-sharing system and has been vacant since Michel ... of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in neighboring Syria.

Lebanon's parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday ... and since its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power in December. The post, reserved ...

The presidency — reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system — has been vacant since Michel ... after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Mr Aoun has a key role ...

Bitar said a leading candidate in Thursday's vote is army chief Joseph Aoun, "who seems to be supported ... of Hezbollah and the downfall of Bashar al-Assad, his key political backers." ...

Army chief, Joseph Aoun, is seen as the frontrunner ... Hezbollah has lost a major ally after rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month. With a fragile ceasefire in place in south ...

Army chief Joseph Aoun, 60, is widely seen as the frontrunner ... Syria since Islamist-led forces toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month. "Hezbollah today is no longer capable of imposing ...