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Fouad Chehab: Cairo rather than Damascus

As Joseph Aoun's name circulates as a possible presidential candidate, L'Orient Today looks back on the first Lebanese Army commander-in-chief to be elected president of the republic. 

Fouad Chehab: Cairo rather than Damascus

Former President of Lebanon, Fouad Chehab. (Credit: L'Orient-Le Jour archives)

However, Christian political forces accused him of seeking to take closer steps to Egypt at the expense of Lebanon’s relations with the West. Chehab met these accusations with his famous meeting in March 1959 with Abdel Nasser, which took place in a...
However, Christian political forces accused him of seeking to take closer steps to Egypt at the expense of Lebanon’s relations with the West. Chehab met these accusations with his famous meeting in March 1959 with Abdel Nasser, which took place in a...