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December 20, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/12/19/world/middleeast/ap-ml-lebanon-protests.html

Hizbullah-Backed Professor to Form New Government in Lebanon

(AP-New York Times) Hassan Diab, 60, a professor at the American University of Beirut and a former education minister, backed by Hizbullah, was selected Thursday as Lebanon's new prime minister. He won support from 69 lawmakers in the 128-member parliament, including the Shiite Hizbullah and Amal movements, as well as lawmakers affiliated with President Michel Aoun. But Diab failed to get the support of Lebanon's major Sunni leaders.

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