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Qatar envoy visits Lebanon as push to end presidential vacuum continues

Lebanese MPs row as draft budget debated in parliament

Lebanon in 2023: Vacuum and Fears of Destructive War with Israel

The developments in Lebanon in 2023 consolidated the “caretaker state” amid the ongoing vacuum in the presidency. The country’s top post has been vacant since October 2022 and with the absence of a president, state institutions have started to operate in a caretaker capacity or have had the terms of their chiefs extended. The crippling financial and economic crisis, which erupted in 2019, persisted with authorities failing to lift a finger to address it.

Lebanon set to enter 2024 without a president as deadlock persists

Lebanon: Efforts Continue to Prevent Vacuum in Top Military Post

As efforts continue to prevent a vacuum in the top position of the military institution, Parliament held two sessions on Thursday, which were both boycotted by the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM)’s bloc, whose head, MP Gebran Bassil, opposes the extension of the term of Lebanese Army Commander General Joseph Aoun, who is due to retire in January.