Lebanon Holds First Parliamentary Vote in 9 Years

Polls have closed across Lebanon 12 hours after voting began in the country's first national election in nine years. Overall, turnout was tepid throughout the day, even as President Michel Aoun appealed to voters in a televised address an hour before the polls closed to turn out to cast their ballots. "If you want change, you should exercise your right'' to vote, he said in a message published on Twitter at the same time. The last election in Lebanon was held in...

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