US said seeking to install new Lebanese president, push aside weakened Hezbollah
[IsraelTimes] Talks held with Qatar, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia on proposal to break a two-year deadlock on electing a president while terror group has diminished power, Wall Street Journal reports.
Goodness knows, the current president would prefer not to be on the hot seat. But nobody else was able to cobble together a winning government, so he’s been stuck there — the Belgium of the Middle East.
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