Good news and bad news from Lebanon as Nawaf Salam elected premier

The good news from Lebanon is that Hezbollah’s incumbent prime minister, Najib Mikati, has lost the race for another term, causing the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia to complain that it was being pushed out of the political process. The bad news is that the one who got the call on Monday to form a cabinet was […]
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