The election of General Joseph Aoun as president of Lebanon ended a two-year stalemate in which the position was vacant, and Lebanon basically had ...

The breakthrough came on Wednesday when Suleiman Frangieh, the candidate supported by Hezbollah, dropped out of the race and announced his support for Aoun. The big picture: U.S. officials said ...

Momentum built behind Aoun's candidacy on Wednesday, when Marada Movement leader Suleiman Frangieh, who Hezbollah had backed over the past two years, withdrew from the race and said the army chief had ...

(MENAFN) Suleiman Frangieh, head of Lebanon's Marada Movement, declared on Wednesday that he was stepping down from the presidential race, offering his endorsement to army Commander Joseph Aoun ...

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Hezbollah — which has been weakened politically and militarily by the war with Israel — previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, the leader of a small Christian party in ...