After nine months of squabbling, Lebanon finally got a new unity government on 31 January with the reappointment of Sunni politician Saad Hariri as prime minister. It’s clear that the balance of power in the new cabinet has shifted further in favour of Shia Hezbollah, which with its Christian and Sunni allies has more seats in the cabinet than Hariri and his allies do. www.newageislam.com/current-affairs/mohammed-ayoob/washington-has-been-visibly-upset-about-hezbollah%E2%80%99s-accretion-of-power/d/117681