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Hezbollah calls for ‘broadest possible’ Lebanese govt, including Christian party, to tackle crisis As Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun conducts backroom negotiations aimed at naming a new prime minister, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned that forming a government “will not be an easy process.” In a televised address on Friday, the Islamist leader extended a surprise hand to supporters and opponents alike, declaring that he has no wish to serve in a “one-sided government,” and calling for a government with “the broadest representation possible.” Nasrallah insisted that Gebran Bassil’s Free Patriotic Movement – a party supported predominantly by Lebanese Christians – take part in the government, stating that the country’s current crisis requires all Lebanese to “stand toge...

Algerian President-elect Tebboune offers dialogue to protest movement, will look at new constitution Algeria’s President-elect Abdelmadjid Tebboune said in his first public statement on Friday that he would start “consultations” on drawing up a new constitution that would be put to Algerians in a referendum. He also offered a “serious dialogue” to the opposition mass protest movement, saying he would institute reforms to reduce spending on imports and promised to “open a new page” for Algeria, Reuters reports. The former prime minister was elected Algeria’s new president in a vote the authorities hope will end months of turmoil. However, protesters who toppled his predecessor marched again on Friday, vowing their movement would not stop. Tebboune, 74, campaigned as a technocra...