Lebanon’s top Christian party signals possible end of Hezbollah alliance
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(Worthy News) – Lebanon’s top Christian party has indicated it is considering ending a political alliance with Iran-backed Hezbollah, threatening a fragile union that has shaped Lebanese politics for nearly 16 years.
Gebran Bassil, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement party said earlier this week there would be “political consequences” for action taken against his party by Lebanon’s two main Shiite parties Hezbollah and Amal.
Prominent figures close to the party have also said the 2006 Mar Mikhael Agreement between FPM and Hezbollah is at an end. “Mikhael is dead,” FPM pundit Charbel Khalil tweeted on Tuesday. [ Source: Ynet News (Read More…) ]
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