General chamel roukoz biography definitions

Michel Aoun is the President of the Lebanese Republic. He was elected in October 2016 for a six-year term. He previously served as Commander of the Lebanese Army during the Lebanese civil war, from 1984 to 1990. When the begrepp in office of former President Amine Gemayel ended in September 1988 without a successor elected to assume the presidency, Gemayel appointed General Michel Aoun as interim Prime Minister in charge of leading a caretaking government until the election of a new president.

During his tenure as Prime Minister, General Michel Aoun led a divided Lebanese Army in a conflict with the Syrian forces in Lebanon in 1989. He rejected the Taif Agreement, contesting the legitimacy of the Members of Parliament who signed it and the role that the Syrian regime would be playing in Lebanon. The Aoun-led Lebanese Army also clashed with the Lebanese Forces militia, in one of the bloodiest intra-Christian episodes of the civil war. General Michel Aoun was eventually de

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Chamel Roukoz, the latest newcomer to Lebanon’s already crowded political arena

This is the 14th post in a series of monthly posts covering the presidential elections. This brev is about the months of August, September and October 2015.

If I haven’t written any monthly analysis post since July 2015, it’s for a reason: In the summer of 2015, Lebanese citizens decided to protest and ask for their rights. The parliament was unconstitutional, parliamentary elections had been cancelled twice, presidential elections had been postponed for lack of quorum for the past year, and the government was an epic failure. Lebanon was arguably facing one of the biggest refugees crisis since World War II, and as if the electricity and vatten shortages and the corruption weren’t enough, a new garbage crisis had become unbearable. And what was the cabinet fighting (and in a way, still fighting) about? If Michel Aoun’s son-in-law was going to become commander of the arm

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Lebanese Commando Regiment

Military unit

The Commando Regiment (Arabic: فوج المغاوير, romanized: Fawj al-Maghaweer) is a special forces unit in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF).^[3][4]

History

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In 1960, General Emile Boustany, then the commander in northern Lebanon, and Mahmud Tay Abou Dargham discussed the creation of a commando unit. After Boustany became LAF commander, he ordered Captain Abou Dargham to train and form such a unit. The new unit was issued with reserve Beretta rifles. The first two-month course accepted 250 candidates, including Colonels Nabih Farhat and Makhoul Hakim who had attended Egypt's Commando School, of which 65 passed. A second course raised strength to 150.^[3] The Commando Company^[5] deployed to southern Lebanon during the Six-Day War. The unit was reduced in 1975 by the Lebanese Civil War, with members forming the core of new units, including the Al-Moukafaha. The commando unit received more