If Lebanon Fails, So Does the Middle East - Middle East Forum
Born in 1933 to a farming family living in a small Maronite village south of Beirut, Michel Aoun attended Christian schools, then, during his military service, studied law at the Lebanese University. He had an active role throughout Lebanon’s war and rose to the position of commander-in-chief of the army in 1984.
Lebanon's Shiite-Maronite Alliance of Hypocrisy
2012年6月1日 · Politics makes strange bedfellows as Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah (left), a Shiite, joins Michel Aoun, a Christian Maronite and leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, 2006. The two may detest each other personally but find it convenient to ally themselves against the Sunni Arab population of Lebanon.
Faces of Lebanon - Middle East Forum
2024年12月1日 · The first section introduces the country’s geography, sects, and politics; the second provides a routine but useful overview of Lebanon’s political history from 1920 to 1989; and the final one breaks new ground in English by making sense of the country’s recent past, dealing at length with Michel Aoun’s attempt to throw off the Syrian ...
The Lebanese Forces: Emergence and Transformation of the …
2024年12月1日 · Like others, he could not reverse Lebanon’s collapse and surrender. Prime Minister Michel Aoun’s “war of liberation” in 1990 against Syrian forces offered some hope when it mobilized widespread popular enthusiasm, only to culminate in Damascus smashing Lebanon’s army and the Christian community.
Israel and Hezbollah: The Battle before the Battle
2017年7月14日 · Then, on the official political level, Hezbollah and its allies prevented the appointment of a Lebanese president for two years, before ensuring the ascendance of their own allied candidate, then-Gen. Michel Aoun, in October 2016.
Can the Lebanese End the Hezbollah Dystopia? - Middle East Forum
2024年9月11日 · The founder of the Free Patriotic Movement, Michel Aoun, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the militia in 2006. The partnership helped catapult the former head of the Lebanese Army into the presidency. As the head of state, Aoun helped further normalize the ultimately incompatible idea of co-existence between a state army and a ...
The Political Isolation of Lebanese Sunnis - Middle East Forum
2013年6月1日 · During the talks leading to the May 2008 Doha agreement, Michel Aoun insisted that the next parliamentary elections be held at the sub-governorate level as per the 1960 electoral law. When the 2009 parliamentary elections did not give the March 8 Coalition a legislative majority, Aoun’s son-in-law, Jubran Bassil, demonized the 1960 electoral ...
Where Does Lebanon Go from Here? - Middle East Forum
2024年10月13日 · But the US appears to be focused on securing Hezbollah concessions on the appointment of a new president in Lebanon. This post has been vacant since President Michel Aoun’s term ended in October, 2022. Hezbollah has been insisting on its own preferred candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, taking up the position.
Funding Lebanon is Funding Hezbollah - Middle East Forum
2020年1月13日 · Nabih Berri, the Amal movement party leader, is the speaker of a parliament controlled by Hezbollah. Lebanon’s president, Michel Aoun, wouldn’t be president without Hezbollah’s approval, which he first earned in 2006 by allying his Free Patriotic Movement to the Shia terrorist organization.
Lebanon's Elections: Hezbollah Triumphant? - Middle East Forum
2018年5月8日 · He spent many years in solitary confinement but received an amnesty in 2005 following the withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon. Since then he has been a main ally of the Hariri-led March 14 Alliance. As such he is a counterweight to President Michel Aoun and Hezbollah’s allies.