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Hezbollah: time to allow formation of new Lebanon government

FILE PHOTO: A man rides a motorbike past a picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, near Sidon, Lebanon July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Wednesday it was time for politicians to put aside their demands and allow the formation of a new government that can rescue the country from an unprecedented financial crisis.

"Everyone must know the country has run out of time," Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Iran-backed movement, said in a televised speech. He said there were "serious, collective efforts" in recent days to ease a political standoff that has obstructed cabinet talks for months.

(Reporting by Beirut bureau; Editing by Gareth Jones)

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