
Al-Husseini, ‘Godfather’ Of Taif Agreement Ending Lebanon’s Civil War, Dies
By Najia Houssari
Hussein Al-Husseini, Lebanon’s former parliament speaker and the “godfather” of the 1989 Taif Agreement that ended the country’s 15-year civil war, died on Wednesday due to illness. He was 86.
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