Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacancy and marking a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial meltdown. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to Ayman Mhanna, executive director of the Samir Kassir Foundation. He says that the military defeat of Hezbollah has significantly weakened its ability to impose its will on other Lebanese political forces.
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