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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.
Hezbollah holds 14 of the 128 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon and is a member of the Resistance and Development Bloc. According to Daniel L. Byman, it is "the most powerful single political movement in Lebanon." [178] Hezbollah, along with the Amal Movement, represents most of Lebanese Shi'a. Unlike Amal, Hezbollah has not disarmed.
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 ...
A statement released by Hezbollah, a powerful Iran-backed militant group and political faction based in Lebanon, confirmed that the pager explosions had targeted their members. It laid the blame ...
On Tuesday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Monday was the deadliest day in Lebanon since 1990 after Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets. USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison ...
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 ...
Hezbollah–Israel conflict. Exchange of strikes between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been occurring along the Israel–Lebanon border and in Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since 8 October 2023. It is currently the largest escalation of the Hezbollah–Israel conflict to have occurred since the 2006 Lebanon ...