Lebanon’s parliament is set to vote to elect a president to fill a more than an two-year-long presidential vacuum.

Lebanese lawmakers are set to meet in an attempt to elect a president - a position vacant for more than two years - but the chances of success are far from certain. Lebanon, which has been suffering from an economic and financial meltdown since 2019,

Lebanon’s parliament is set to convene Thursday to attempt to elect a head of state for the 13th time during a presidential vacuum of over two years.

Lebanese MPs are expected to elect a president on Thursday after more than two years of deadlock, in a much-needed step to help lift the war-battered country out of financial crisis. Parliament was moving closer to electing army commander Gen Joseph Aoun as the 60-day ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel approaches its end in January,