Lebanon: A New Dead End or a Way Forward?

... Lebanon, backed by political support from abroad, and without informing key political partners, can appear alarming. The leader of the "March 14" alliance and the informal leader of the Al-Mustaqbal party 'Saad Hariri offered the presidency to Suleiman Franjieh, an MP from Zgharta and a leader of Lebanon's Marada party, who made the announcement of the fact on November 25, 2015. The situation is made more poignant by the fact that two out of four of the main presidential contenders are S. Hariri's fellow party members from "March 14",...