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Binding parliamentary consultations: Hezbollah and Amal confront their limits once again

The opposition and the FPM managed to lead Nawaf Salam to the Serail with 84 votes, leaving Najib Mikati without the backing of even Amal and Hezbollah.


Binding parliamentary consultations: Hezbollah and Amal confront their limits once again

Leader Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil surrounded by his deputies after his meeting with President Republic Joseph Aoun during parliamentary consultations on Jan. 13, 2025, in Baabda. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient-Le Jour)

The race for Lebanon's cabinet presidency has not been this uncertain since the end of the war. Ultimately, Nawaf Salam, a former Lebanese ambassador to the United Nations and a sitting judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), emerged...
The race for Lebanon's cabinet presidency has not been this uncertain since the end of the war. Ultimately, Nawaf Salam, a former Lebanese ambassador to the United Nations and a sitting judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), emerged...