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Behind Hezbollah’s timid ‘yes’ to Joseph Aoun for president

Head of Hezbollah’s Liaison and Coordination Unit Wafiq Safa said his party has no veto on the candidacy of Lebanon’s Army Chief Joseph Aoun, amid international pressure in favor of the latter.

Behind Hezbollah’s timid ‘yes’ to Joseph Aoun for president

American envoy Amos Hochstein surrounded by several MPs at a breakfast in his honor, Jan. 7, 2025. (Credit: X account of Fouad Makhzoumi, member of the Renewal parliamentary bloc)

It was Wafiq Safa, the head of Hezbollah’s Liaison and Coordination Unit, who finally relayed Hezbollah’s position. “We have no veto on army chief Joseph Aoun,” he said from Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday. “Our only veto is on [Lebanese Forces...
It was Wafiq Safa, the head of Hezbollah’s Liaison and Coordination Unit, who finally relayed Hezbollah’s position. “We have no veto on army chief Joseph Aoun,” he said from Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday. “Our only veto is on [Lebanese Forces...