Lebanon army chief Joseph Aoun elected president, ending political deadlock

Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun was voted in as president in a second round of parliamentary voting Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the crisis-hit, war-battered country. French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Lebanon very soon, the French presidency said, after speaking to Aoun to congratulate him. 

Lebanon army chief Joseph Aoun elected president, ending political deadlock
Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun was voted in as president in a second round of parliamentary voting Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the crisis-hit, war-battered country. French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Lebanon very soon, the French presidency said, after speaking to Aoun to congratulate him.