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May 8, 2018

Lebanon: Hezbollah and Allies Win Additional Seats in Parliamentary Election
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In Lebanon, Hezbollah and its political allies have won additional seats
in Lebanon's Parliament, in the country's first parliamentary elections
in nine years. The election results are seen as a blow to the
U.S.-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri, whose political party lost seats
in Sunday's parliamentary election.


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