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Weakening Of Hezbollah Allowed Lebanon To Fill Vacant Presidency

Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses for a photograph at the presidential palace (Credit: AFP)

The weakening of Hezbollah in last year's war with Israel allowed Lebanon's long deadlocked parliament to reach consensus around a president who has the confidence of the international community.

Army chief Joseph Aoun, who was elected on Thursday ending a more than two-year vacancy, signalled a readjustment of Lebanon's foreign policy as the country works with international creditors to forge a way out of six years of deepening financial crisis.

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