By SPA,
Beirut, Lebanon : Arab mediators have announced a breakthrough deal between Lebanese factions after five days of talks in Qatar to end Lebanon’s 18-month political crisis.
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani said at a ceremony Wednesday in Doha that the agreement is to be carried out immediately and that the election of a new President of Lebanon will follow within 24 hours, the Associated Press reported.
Opposition-allied Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri also spoke at the ceremony, saying an opposition tent encampment, which has been going on for over a year in downtown Beirut across from the government building, will be dismantled following the deal.
The agreement was a major triumph for Lebanon’s Hezbollah-led opposition, as it met the side’s two key demands.