Lebanon’s Mikati Forms New Cabinet With Hezbollah Support
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Lebanese billionaire Najib Mikati, the prime minister tasked with forming a government after the January collapse of Saad Hariri’s coalition, announced the formation of his Cabinet today.
The majority of the new Cabinet comes from the Hezbollah-led March 8 coalition, according to the the Lebanese newspaper, The Daily Star. The previous government fell amid a dispute with the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement over the United Nations inquiry into the killing of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, Saad’s father.