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A picture provided by the press office of the Lebanese Forces (LF) on January 18, 2016, shows Chairman of the Executive body of the LF Samir Geagea (C-L) standing alongside Michel Aoun (C-R), head of the Change and Reform bloc in the Lebanese parliament, in Maarab, northeast of Beirut. In a surprise reversal, Geagea endorsed the presidential candidacy of a rival, Michel Aoun, potentially defusing an 18-month crisis over the post. / AFP / LEBANESE FORCES / ALDO AYOUB / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / LEBANESE FORCES / ALDO AYOUB" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS === (Photo credit should read ALDO AYOUB/AFP/Getty Images)

A picture provided by the press office of the Lebanese Forces (LF) on January 18, 2016, shows Chairman of the Executive body of the LF Samir Geagea (C-L) standing alongside Michel Aoun (C-R), head of the Change and Reform bloc in the Lebanese parliament, in Maarab, northeast of Beirut. 
In a surprise reversal, Geagea endorsed the presidential candidacy of a rival, Michel Aoun, potentially defusing an 18-month crisis over the post.

 / AFP / LEBANESE FORCES / ALDO AYOUB / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / LEBANESE FORCES / ALDO AYOUB" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===        (Photo credit should read ALDO AYOUB/AFP/Getty Images)