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Reuters
Reuters
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Maya Gebeily, Timour Azhari and Laila Bassam

Lebanon holds first parliament election since financial collapse, blast

Women pose as they hold their Lebanese passports and show their ink-stained fingers after casting their vote in Lebanon's parliamentary election, in Beirut, Lebanon May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanese voted on Sunday in the first parliamentary election since the country's economic collapse, with many saying they hoped to deal a blow to ruling politicians they blame for the crisis even if the odds of major change appear slim.

The election is seen as a test of whether the heavily armed, Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies can keep their assembly majority amid soaring poverty and anger at parties in power.

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