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Nawaf Salam named PM with sweeping 84 votes as Hezbollah decries 'exclusion'

Prominent Lebanese diplomat and judge Nawaf Salam was named PM-designate on Monday after he won sweeping support from legislators, as Hezbollah accused some parties of "staging an ambush aimed at disintegration, partitioning, elimination and exclusion."

The Presidency, which issued a decree naming Salam as PM-designate, said the latter received 84 votes as caretaker PM Najib Mikati received only nine votes and 35 MPs refrained from naming anyone.

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Hezbollah reverses decision to postpone PM consultations meeting with Aoun

Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance bloc on Monday asked President Joseph Aoun to postpone its consultations meeting with him until Tuesday before eventually reversing its decision, the state-run National News Agency and Lebanese and Arab TV networks said.

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Aoun meets with US military delegation after Israeli strikes

President Joseph Aoun met Monday at the Baabda Palace with a U.S. military delegation, hours after Israel carried out violent airstrikes deep in south Lebanon and on the country’s border with Syria.

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Trump reportedly tells Israel he wants calm in Lebanon and Syria

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s associates have made it clear in talks with senior Israeli officials that Trump is interested in calm in the Middle East in order to focus on domestic issues, Israel’s Channel 12 has reported.

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Aoun hopes new govt. will be formed swiftly to 'put things on right track'

President Joseph Aoun announced Saturday that he has not come to "work in politics, but rather to build a state."

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WATCH: Lebanon’s Ramadan Ondash stars in historic main event win in Thailand

Lebanon’s Ramadan Ondash amazed the Thai audience with his toughness and boxing skills as he secured a big win against established fighter Kongchai Chanaidonmueang in the main event of ONE Friday Fights 93.

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WATCH: Lebanon’s Abdallah Ondash earns stunning KO victory in Thailand

Lebanon’s Muay Thai star Abdallah Ondash delivered a world-class performance at global martial arts organization ONE Championship’s ONE Friday Fights 93 event and left Bangkok’s iconic Lumpinee Stadium with an impressive knockout victory.

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Aoun schedules new PM consultations for Monday

President Joseph Aoun has announced that the binding parliamentary consultations to pick a new PM will be held on Monday.

According to a statement issued by the Presidency, Aoun will meet with the parliamentary blocs and independent MPs from 8:00 am till around 5:30 pm.

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5 killed, 4 injured in Israeli drone strike on van in Tayr Debba

An Israeli drone on Friday bombed a van in the Tyre district town of Tayr Debba.

According to the Health Ministry, the strike killed five people and wounded four others.

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Geagea says Aoun 1st president outside 'Axis of Resistance' interference

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea celebrated the election of army chief Joseph Aoun as president, ending a more than two-year vacancy.

In an interview late Thursday with MTV, Geagea said that Aoun is the first president to be elected without the influence of the ousted Syrian regime and the "Axis of Resistance". He hailed the new president for past achievements, like refusing to suppress the Oct. 17 protests in 2019 and the army's unbiased reaction to the Tayouneh clashes in 2021.

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