Support for Hezbollah in government
Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said yesterday his group would support Hezbollah ahead of parliamentary talks on Monday to pick a new prime minister.
With Mr Jumblatt's support it is almost certain Hezbollah and its allies, with 57 seats in parliament, will win a majority to endorse Sunni politician Omar Karami to lead a new government.
"I am announcing the right political stand… by assuring the steadfastness of the Progressive Socialist Party alongside Syria and the resistance," the veteran politician, 71, said.
Resistance is a term used to describe Hezbollah.
Hezbollah ministers and their allies resigned from PM Saad al-Hariri's cabinet last week, days before a UN-backed tribunal issued a confidential draft indictment expected to accuse Hezbollah members of involvement in the killing of his father, Rafik.
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