(MENAFN) A veteran Christian leader is set to fill Lebanon's long-vacant presidency in a deal that underlines the ascendancy of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and the diminished role of Saudi in the country.
In detail, it appears all but certain that Michel Aoun will become president next week under an unlikely proposal tabled by Sunni leader Saad al-Hariri, whose Saudi-backed coalition opposed Hezbollah for years.
Moreover, Parliament will likely elect Aoun on Oct. 31. This will end one element of a paralyzing political crisis: the 29-month-long presidential vacuum.
But it is also creating new tensions that may disrupt the formation of a new government expected to be led by Hariri under a deal with Aoun.
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