Amal

Special Shiite blocs fail to attend opening day of talks on forming new Lebanese government

Shiite blocs fail to attend opening day of talks on forming new Lebanese government

  • Hezbollah and Amal refuse to participate after MPs choose Nawaf Salam as prime minister-designate, rather than caretaker PM Najib Mikati as Hezbollah expected
  • Change Alliance says ‘Lebanon has entered a new phase,’ calls for quota-free government in which women are properly represented
By NAJIA HOUSSARI ·