| Anti-Syrian Christian leader Michel Aoun has handed other anti-Syrian opposition groups a surprising defeat in Lebanese parliamentary elections. According to results announced by Interior Minister Hassan al-Sabei on Monday, Aoun and his allies clinched a total of 21 of the 58 seats contested on Sunday, at least temporarily thwarting the opposition's quest for a majority in their drive to end Syria's political control. Meanwhile, the Shia Muslim Hezb Allah resistance group and its allies swept 10 seats in the eastern Bekaa Valley while Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's list won in central Mount Lebanon. |