FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil is seen after a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's top Christian party has indicated it is considering ending a political alliance with Iran-backed Hezbollah, threatening a fragile union that has shaped Lebanese politics for nearly 16 years.
Gebran Bassil, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement party said earlier this week there would be "political consequences" for action taken against his party by Lebanon's two main Shiite parties Hezbollah and Amal.
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