Shiite groups end boycott on Cabinet meetings

Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and its main Shiite ally said yesterday they are ending their boycott of Cabinet meetings after a threemonth deadlock that has worsened the small nation’s unprecedented economic meltdown. The two Shiite groups said in a joint statement they would attend Cabinet sessions to approve a new budget and measures for dealing with the two-year crisis, and to discuss a recovery plan. They said they would attend because of the accelerated economic deterioration in recent weeks. The two groups had boycotted the Cabinet since October, demanding changes in the national probe of the devastating August 2020 explosion in Beirut’s port.