On Saturday, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam appointed a new government consisting of 24 ministers, including five women, marking the country’s first full cabinet since 2022.
Speaking to reporters at Beirut’s Baabda Palace, Salam said the new cabinet would focus on undertaking economic reforms, initiating reconstruction of South Lebanon following Israel’s invasion and implementing UN Resolution 1701. “Reform is the only path to real salvation,” he said.
The announcement of a new government follows weeks of tense negotiations with political parties to resolve disputes over ministerial positions, particularly with the Hezbollah-Amal Shiite bloc, often referred to as the Shiite duo. In a first since 2008, the bloc had to relinquish their demand to maintain a
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