Initial results show Hezbollah and its allies winning just over half of the country's seats in parliamentary elections , Reuters reported May 6. The outcome is a win for Hezbollah and its Iranian backers, but a setback for the Western-backed Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri. Greater influence from Hezbollah in Lebanon's government could strain the consensus over the approach to Lebanon that exists among Israel, Saudi Arabia, France and the United States.