Aoun warns Lebanon will go 'to hell' unless government agreed


  • World
  • Monday, 21 Sep 2020

FILE PHOTO: Mustapha Adib talks to the media after being named Lebanon's new prime minister at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Michel Aoun warned on Monday Lebanon was going "to hell" if a new government was not formed, and said agreeing one could need a miracle after positions had hardened between rival factions.

His televised address underlined the severe challenges facing French efforts to get Lebanon's fractious leaders to form a new government and rescue the country from financial meltdown.

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