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A voter casts their ballot in the parliamentary election at a polling station in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, on May 15, 2022. - Lebanon voted in its first election since multiple crises dragged it to the brink of failed statehood, with the ruling elite expected to comfortably weather public anger. The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP) (Photo by IBRAHIM CHALHOUB/AFP via Getty Images)

Wedeman: Lebanon may face a long period of stalemate

A voter casts their ballot in the parliamentary election at a polling station in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, on May 15, 2022. - Lebanon voted in its first election since multiple crises dragged it to the brink of failed statehood, with the ruling elite expected to comfortably weather public anger. The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP) (Photo by IBRAHIM CHALHOUB/AFP via Getty Images)

Hezbollah's coalition loses parliamentary majority in Lebanon's first vote after uprising, financial collapse