Lebanon's Hariri may be named PM but faces struggle to form government

Saad al-Hariri is expected to be named Lebanon's prime minister on Monday, but political rifts look set to hinder agreement on a new government badly needed to rescue the country from a dire economic crisis.Hariri, a Western ally and the leading Sunni Muslim politician, is widely seen by politicians as the only candidate for the post.Lebanon needs a new government to pull it out of the worst economic crisis since its 1975-1990 civil war.