Lebanon MPs Again Fail to Elect President despite Economic Crisis

Lebanese MPs attend the seventh parliamentary session to elect a new president of Lebanon, at the Parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, 24 November 2022. (EPA)

Lebanese lawmakers failed for a seventh time Thursday to elect a successor to former president Michel Aoun, even though the vacancy is hampering efforts to rescue the stricken economy.  

Parliament is split between supporters of the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and its opponents, neither of whom have a clear majority.