Hezbollah-backed professor likely candidate for Lebanese premiership


bigstock 219357763 lebanon map(Worthy News) – A university professor and former minister received the backing of the Hezbollah terror group and its allies Thursday, making him the likely candidate to be appointed Lebanon’s new prime minister.

The emergence of Hassan Diab as a possible candidate comes amid the country’s worst economic crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

The backing by the Iran-backed Hezbollah guarantees a thorny path for any candidate who also faces a mammoth task amid mass protests that have recently taken a violent turn. Hezbollah, which controls a powerful military force, has fought two major conflicts with Israel. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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