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e. The Lebanese Parliament (Arabic: مجلس النواب, romanized: Majlis an-Nuwwab, English "House of Representatives", French: Parlement Libanais) [12] is the national parliament of the Republic of Lebanon. There are 128 members elected to a four-year term in multi-member constituencies, apportioned among Lebanon's diverse Christian and ...
Elected members. The Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc is the political wing of Hezbollah in the Lebanese parliament. [2] Hezbollah through the bloc has participated in the Lebanese parliament [3] since the 1992 Lebanese general election, when it won 12 of the 128 seats. Hezbollah won 7 seats at the 1996 election and 10 at the 2000 election.
Israeli strikes killed more than 490 people on Monday, Lebanese health officials reported, making it the deadliest day in Lebanon since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. Monday’s strikes come after ...
Following the 2022 Lebanese general election, 128 members of parliament were elected, including 68 incumbents and 7 women.The election marked significant gains for independent candidates of varying political persuasions and marked the first time since the 1992 Lebanese general election that the Future Movement did not participate.
In addition to being an armed group, Hezbollah is also a political party with lawmakers in the Lebanese parliament and has had representatives in most Lebanese governments for decades. It also provides extensive social services, including running schools and health clinics, in southern Lebanon and other parts of the country where it has a ...
September 22, 2024 at 1:00 PM. Israeli warplanes pounded Hezbollah positions in Lebanon on Sunday after some of the militant group's rockets targeted the northern Israeli city of Haifa and the ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's Hezbollah promised to retaliate after blaming Israel for detonating pagers on Tuesday that killed at least eight people and wounded 2,750 others, including many of the ...
Hezbollah (/ ˌhɛzbəˈlɑː /; [45] Arabic: حزب الله, romanized: Ḥizbu 'llāh, pronounced [ħizbu‿lːaːh], lit. 'Party of God') [a] is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and military - resistance organization, that also provides social welfare and religious education services. [46] Hezbollah is a key player in the Lebanese ...