Lebanon's Salam wins enough support to become PM, angering Hezbollah

FILE - Judge Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice, speaks at the ICJ at the start of a hearing in The Hague, Netherlands, May 16, 2024.

Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court of Justice, won enough support to become Lebanon's next prime minister after a majority of lawmakers backed him for the post on Monday, a big blow to Hezbollah which accused opponents of working to exclude it.