UN: Keeping Lebanon without government ‘increasingly irresponsible’
UN: Keeping Lebanon without government ‘increasingly irresponsible’

Keeping Lebanon without a government is “increasingly irresponsible” given developments in the region and the country, the United Nations’ senior official in Lebanon said on Wednesday.
“I urge the leaders to move without any further delay.”
Tensions in the Middle East have escalated dramatically since a US drone strike last week killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, the architect of Iran’s military strategy in the region, where Tehran’s allies include the powerful Lebanese group Hezbollah.
After weeks of squabbling, Hassan Diab, a former minister, was designated prime minister last month.