Hezbollah-backed Sunnis did well in the cities of Beirut, Tripoli and Sidon, strongholds of Hariri’s Future Movement, the unofficial results showed. Two of the 10 seats there were won by its opponents, one going to the Lebanese Forces and the other to Future. Another face from that era, Abdul Rahim Mrad, will also make a comeback having won a Sunni seat, the unofficial results show. He led the Lebanese Forces militia in the last years of the civil war, during which he was an adversary of Aoun. Enhanced Hezbollah sway over Lebanon will likely alarm the United States, which arms and trains the Lebanese army.

Source: bd News24 May 07, 2018 03:22 UTC