Cairo: Khaled Meshaal has been re-elected as the head of Palestinian resistance group Hamas for another four-year term, media reports say on Tuesday.
According to reports, the vote, held by members of the group’s Shura Council, took place at a Cairo hotel.
Two Hamas officials say the Islamic militant group has re-elected Khaled Meshaal as its leader.
Meshaal, 56, who has run the Palestinian movement since 1996 from exile, was seen as a favorite.
He is backed by regional powers Qatar, Turkey and Egypt. He is now based in Qatar.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the officials said that the majority of the group’s Shura council members voted for Meshaal.
His re-election could revive stalled reconciliation efforts between Hamas and political rival Mahmoud Abbas, the Western-backed Palestinian president.
Earlier, there had been some speculation that Meshaal – who has long been based outside the Gaza Strip – would be forced aside by the movement’s Gaza-based leaders.
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