Lebanon’s unity government collapsed today when Hezbollah and its allies quit the cabinet after the western-backed prime minister, Saad Hariri, refused to convene ministers to discuss how to deal with the naming of suspects in the killing of his father.
The move is a significant escalation in months of tension in Lebanon over the issuing of indictments by a UN-backed tribunal, which are expected to implicate at least three members of Hezbollah.