Hezbollah and allies lose majority in Lebanese parliament, final results show

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By Laila Bassam and Timour Azhari (Reuters) -Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies have lost their majority in Lebanon’s parliament in a general election, a Reuters tally of final results showed on Tuesday, a major blow to the heavily armed group that reflects anger with Lebanon’s ruling elite. The Shi’ite Muslim movement and factions that support its possession of arms won around 62 of parliament’s 128 seats in Sunday’s election, a reversal of the 2018 result when they secured a majority of 71. In the first election since Lebanon’s economic collapse and the Beirut port explosion of 2020, refor…

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