Beirut
Just a short time ago, the government of Najib Mikati, formed on September 10, ceased to be operational.
The Council of Ministers has not met since October 12, with rudderless Lebanon again tossed around in the game of regional powers, centered around the Iran-Saudi standoff.
If the birth of the Mikati cabinet, after thirteen months of vacancy at the head of the executive, corresponded to the convergence of regional, international and domestic interests, it is obvious to all observers that the latter is now paying the price. of a new phase of tension in a Middle East in full reorganization.
The formation of the government, supported by France with the approval of Washington, was made possible by an Iranian green light, due to a
"common interest in the stabilization of Lebanon, formalized during a telephone exchange between Emmanuel Macron and
(the new Iranian president)
Ebrahim Raissi,
”
explains analyst Michel Naufal.
See also
In Lebanon, disoriented Sunnis
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