RAMALLAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) (AFP) – 29 Nov. 2019- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was re-elected leader of his Fatah party on Tuesday during the movement’s first congress in seven years, a Fatah spokesman said.

The 81-year-old was reappointed to head Fatah, the largest and oldest Palestinian movement, in a vote “by consensus,” spokesman Mahmud Abu al-Hija said at a press conference.