Hezbollah lose majority in Lebanon polls

Shia group Hezbollah and its allies lost their majority in Lebanon's parliament, official results showed yesterday, while independents achieved a surprise breakthrough. Full results announced by the interior ministry two days after the election revealed that no bloc will control the 128-seat assembly, a deadlock observers fear could usher in a tense period of political jostling. The Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its main allies had the support of around 70 lawmakers in the outgoing parliament but will now fall just short of the 65 seats needed to retain a majority. At least 13 independents who backed the 2019 protest movement won seats. Twelve of them will sit in parliament for the first time.