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Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun leaves office amid crisis

Lebanese outgoing President Michel addresses his supporters as he leaves the presidential palace a day before his six-year term officially ends, in Baabda, Lebanon October 30, 2022 [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters]

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has vacated the presidential palace with no successor in line to replace him as the divided country struggles to recover from a years-long financial crisis.

Addressing his supporters outside the Baabda presidential palace in Beirut on Sunday, the 89-year-old Christian leader, who took office in 2016, said the Middle East country was entering a new “chapter which requires huge efforts”.

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