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Lebanon forms government after months of deadlock
Source: Associated Press
Lebanon forms government after months of deadlock
January 31, 2019
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese political factions have agreed on the formation of a new government, breaking a nine-month deadlock that only deepened the country’ economic woes.
Rival political groups have been locked in disagreement over the make-up of a new government since May, after the country’s first parliamentary elections in nine years.
The breakthrough comes after rival factions worked out a compromise allowing representation of Sunni lawmakers backed by the powerful Shiite group Hezbollah.
The main pressure appeared to be Lebanon’s deepening economic woes.
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January 31, 2019
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese political factions have agreed on the formation of a new government, breaking a nine-month deadlock that only deepened the country’ economic woes.
Rival political groups have been locked in disagreement over the make-up of a new government since May, after the country’s first parliamentary elections in nine years.
The breakthrough comes after rival factions worked out a compromise allowing representation of Sunni lawmakers backed by the powerful Shiite group Hezbollah.
The main pressure appeared to be Lebanon’s deepening economic woes.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/fd8e023eec0a40dd9221b1fe6369c310