Lebanon MPs Elect Aoun President, Ending 29-month Void
Lebanon's parliament on Monday elected former general Michel Aoun president, ending a vacuum and political stalemate of more than two years.
Live footage from the vote count in the country's parliament showed that Aoun had received more than the 50 percent-plus-one majority of 65 votes needed for him to be elected president, AFP Reported.
Source: Al Alam