Reuters, (Reporting by Laila Bassam and Lisa Barrington; editing by Andrew Roche)

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Sunday the door to electing a president was "wide open" and his members of parliament would vote for ally Michel Aoun at a parliamentary session at the end of October.
Lebanon has been without a president for more than two years, part of a political crisis that has resulted in a breakdown in many basic services and concerns about the country's stability.
Lebanon's former prime minister Saad al-Hariri said on Thursday he would back Christian leader Aoun to be president. Hariri stressed that his endorsement was a "political settlement" for the benefit of the whole country.

Gulf news reports- Joseph A. Kechichian: "Observers of Lebanese politics believe classic pro-Syrian March 8 and anti-Syrian March 14 groups are no longer relevant following the political fallout surrounding Sa’ad Hariri’s recent decision to back Michel Aoun for president. No one knows what the next parliament session, scheduled for October 31, will hold and who will back who. But one clear effect of Hariri’s shock decision are growing divisions within both alliances. Splits have already emerged between members of the March 14 alliance with some members supporting Hariri’s decision and others staunchly rejecting it. The same goes for March 8, an alliance made up of Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement and two principal Shiite parties, Amal and Hezbollah, with the latter fighting side by side with Bashar Al Assad’s forces in Syria." Druze leader Walid Junblatt, whose Progressive Socialist Party is part of the March 14 alliance, said he “understood” Berri’s reservation on the way in which Aoun’s name was put forward.

"The past few days saw an important development: a declaration by the Future Movement leader (Hariri) of his support for the nomination of General Michel Aoun for the presidency. The door is now realistically wide open for a successful presidential election," Nasrallah said.

Parliament will convene on Oct. 31 for a session to elect the president, the 46th such sitting since the term of the last president, Michel Suleiman, expired in 2014. Each of the previous sittings failed to gain the two-thirds quorum needed for a vote.

The position of president must be filled by a Maronite Christian.

Nasrallah spoke at a commemoration event for a Hezbollah military commander recently killed fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Iran-backed Hezbollah is fighting alongside Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's conflict

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ساندي تابت تفوز بلقب ملكة جمال لبنان لعام 2016

Aimee Sayah Host of the TV show Miss Lebanon

Contestants of the Miss Lebanon 2016 beauty pageant show themselves in swimsuits during the beauty pageant at Casino Du Liban in Jounieh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, late Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016

Lebanese Sandy Tabet, 22, wears swimsuit during the Miss Lebanon 2016 contest at Casino Du Liban in Jounieh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, late Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. Tabet won the Miss Lebanon 2016

Sandy Tabet defeated 13 other contestants to bag the crown of Miss Lebanon 2016. Valerie Abou Chacra,Miss Lebanon 2015 crowned Sandy as her successor. Grand Finale of Miss Lebanon 2016 took place on 22nd of October 2016 at Casino du Liban in Beirut. Sandy might represent Lebanon at the upcoming Miss World 2016 pageant which will take place in Washington D.C in the month of December or she might represent Lebanon at Miss Universe 2016 pageant. Maribelle Tarabay bagged the first runner-up crown where as Andrea Haykal was crowned as second-runner up. Tracy Rizkallah & Hala Merheb bagged third and fourth runner-up crown respectively. Aimée Sayah hosted the pageant alongside Wael Kfoury. The contestants looked stunning in Zuhair Murad gowns. The show opened with a Bollywood dance routine. Designer Zuhair Murad, Talk Show host Marcel Ghanem, Super Model  Adriana Karembeu, Business man Richard Pharaoh, media personality Marcelle Nadim , Actress Razane Jammal were part of the jury.

Full Results:

Miss Lebanon 2016:Sandy Tabet
First runner-up:Maribelle Tarabay
Second runner-up:Andrea Haykal
Third runner-up:Tracy Rizkallah
Fourth runner-up:Hala Merheb

Highest placement for Lebanon at Miss World was in 2015 when Valerie Abou Chacra bagged the third runner-up crown. Lebanon has one Miss Universe title to it’s credit courtesy of Georgina Rizk who won the title in 1971.

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Andrea Haykal

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MaryBelle Tarabay 1st runner up

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Andrea Haykal

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