Former Lebanese PM Saad Hariri has been tasked with forming a new government, a year after his cabinet was toppled amid mass protests, and months after his successor’s government resigned after a deadly explosion in Beirut port.
Hariri on Thursday secured the backing of a majority of parliamentarians to return as prime minister after consultations with Lebanese President Michel Aoun. Earlier this month, the ex-PM had presented himself as the “natural candidate” to take control of the country.
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