Leader Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil surrounded by his deputies after his meeting with President Republic Joseph Aoun during parliamentary consultations on Jan. 13, 2025, in Baabda. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient-Le Jour)
The race for Lebanon's cabinet presidency has not been this uncertain since the end of the war. Ultimately, Nawaf Salam, a former Lebanese ambassador to the United Nations and a sitting judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), emerged victorious as Lebanon's new prime minister with 84 MPs backing him during binding parliamentary consultations held on Monday by newly elected President Joseph Aoun. Read more Nawaf Salam: Connecting the Lebanon of yesterday and tomorrow Salam’s selection — who's name previously floated in 2019, 2020 and 2022 — is far from symbolic. It represents the change Aoun called for in his inaugural address last Thursday. But in essence, it also marks a significant setback for the Shiite Amal-Hezbollah blocs.Once again, Amal and Hezbollah failed to impose their desire to secure the reappointment of...
The race for Lebanon's cabinet presidency has not been this uncertain since the end of the war. Ultimately, Nawaf Salam, a former Lebanese ambassador to the United Nations and a sitting judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), emerged victorious as Lebanon's new prime minister with 84 MPs backing him during binding parliamentary consultations held on Monday by newly elected President Joseph Aoun. Read more Nawaf Salam: Connecting the Lebanon of yesterday and tomorrow Salam’s selection — who's name previously floated in 2019, 2020 and 2022 — is far from symbolic. It represents the change Aoun called for in his inaugural address last Thursday. But in essence, it also marks a significant setback for the Shiite Amal-Hezbollah blocs.Once again, Amal and Hezbollah failed to impose their desire to secure the reappointment...