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Lebanon: confronting a political crisis: what's at stake?

Lebanon's president on Thursday called on the cabinet, which collapsed with the resignation of 11 ministers led by Hezbollah, to continue in a caretaker capacity pending the formation of a new government.

GUEST:

Elias MASBUNGI, Journalist, correspondent of l'Orient-le-Jour

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