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The Salam surprise: A victory with many challenges ahead

Weakened, Amal and Hezbollah blocs may have let things slide on Monday, but they know that the vote of confidence cannot proceed without their support — and they intend to leverage this power.

The Salam surprise: A victory with many challenges ahead

Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc after a meeting with President Joseph Aoun, during parliamentary consultations on Monday, Jan. 13, 20204, in Baabda. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient-Le Jour)

Nawaf Salam’s appointment as prime minister has taken many by surprise. On Monday, the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) secured the position after 84 MPs nominated him in binding parliamentary consultations, leaving caretaker...
Nawaf Salam’s appointment as prime minister has taken many by surprise. On Monday, the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) secured the position after 84 MPs nominated him in binding parliamentary consultations, leaving caretaker...