Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Faces Long Odds

MIN READJan 10, 2020 | 09:00 GMT

Lebanon's prime minister-designate, Hassan Diab, will unlikely be able to solve the government dysfunction and enact needed economic reform. This means that the pan-sectarian protest movement that has staged demonstrations across the country will likely continue to march.

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Lebanon's new candidate for prime minister, Hassan Diab, stands little chance of breaking Lebanon's political deadlock. And he will face even greater challenges than political paralysis, such as a worsening economic crisis and security crises as Hezbollah turns to stronger tactics to maintain its influence and as the chances grow of a U.S.-Iran regional conflict that could draw in Lebanon....