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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Lebanon: Hezbollah Seeks to Contain Dispute with Bassil’s FPM

A view shows the empty presidential chair after former Lebanese President Michel Aoun's six-year term officially ended, at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon November 1, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Hezbollah is seeking to mitigate the impact of the recent dispute with its Christian ally, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), by affirming its adherence to the memorandum of understanding signed in 2006 between the two sides.

“We were, still are and will remain adherents to our allies, regardless of our differences. We are attached to our convictions and alliances,” said Hussein al-Hajj Hassan, a member of the Hezbollah parliamentary bloc.

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