Lebanon's parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, told White House envoy Amos Hochstein that Lebanon refuses to elect a president under the pressure of war, reaffirming his stance that a cease-fire must come first.
The futile U.S. push for Lebanon's parliament to finally act and elect a president has highlighted the limits of its influence in the region, as well as the factiousness and fragility of Lebanon's political system.
Even as Hezbollah reels from a series of devastating blows, its political opponents have struggled to unite under one platform, or to find a way forward that doesn't worsen civil strife.
Lebanon's sect-based system of power-sharing, developed after the country's ruinous 1975-1990 civil war, has regularly resulted in political deadlock.
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