Beirut, Lebanon – Prime Minister Najib Mikati and President Michel Aoun signed a decree forming a new government in the presence of parliament speaker Nabih Berri, the Lebanese presidency said in a statement.

Lebanon had been without a government for over a year as it descended further into economic meltdown.

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