By Euan Ward Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon A Trump administration envoy to the Middle East pressed Lebanon’s new leaders on Friday ... Aoun was elected president last month, after years of ...

First, because it came after more than two years without a head of state; there was no leader while Lebanon was at war last fall. Second, because this was an election without a campaign ...

But it was thrown into disarray after Israel killed its longtime leader ... Salam became Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations in New York in 2007. He held the position for 10 years.