Lebanon's President Michel Aoun nominated the country's former Prime Minister Saad Hariri to form the country's new government on Thursday.
After winning the backing of the majority of lawmakers during presidential consultations, Hariri has now to form the next cabinet.
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He was not backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist group, which said it would not nominate anybody, although the Shi'ite Amal movement came out in his support.
The Lebanese Forces, one of the country's key Christian parties and Hezbollah's rival, did not back him either.
