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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Lebanese elections

Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun reviews the honor guard upon his arrival at the Lebanese Parliament to be sworn in as a new president, in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP/Hussein Malla)
January 9, 2025, 8:06 pm
Lebanon army chief elected president, drawing Israeli hopes for postwar stability
US- and Saudi-backed Joseph Aoun, tasked with upholding Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, promises state monopoly on arms, ‘new phase’ for beat up country
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Tracy Chamoun, 61, a granddaughter of the late diplomat and Lebanese President Camille Chamoun, speaks during an announcement of her candidacy in the country's upcoming presidential election, in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 29, 2022 (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
August 29, 2022, 4:03 pm
Lebanese ex-president’s granddaughter declares candidacy on anti-Hezbollah platform
Tracy Chamoun criticizes terror group’s influential role in politics and security, and calls for reforms to rescue economy and reestablish trust with international donors
By Agencies
Ibrahim Mneimneh, a 46-year-old architect and one of 13 independent newcomers who won a seat in the latest parliamentary elections, poses for a selfie with one of his supporters during an event celebrating the election outcome, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, May 21, 2022 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
May 26, 2022, 11:12 am
Lebanon’s nascent, fragmented reform movement faces tough road ahead
Newcomers say they plan to form a unified bloc in parliament, but remain divided on many issues, from the economy to their attitude toward Hezbollah
By Zeina Karam
Samir Geagea, leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party, speaks to an AFP journalist during an interview at his residence in Maarab, north of the capital Beirut, on May 20, 2022. (Joesph Eid/AFP)
May 21, 2022, 4:41 pm
Lebanese Christian leader calls for Hezbollah’s grip on country to end
After bloc led by terror group denied parliamentary majority, Samir Geagea says ‘no one… should be able to transport missiles from one place to another’ without army’s OK
By Layal Abou Rahal
Hezbollah supporters raise their fists and cheer, as they listens to a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah through a giant screen during an election campaign, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
May 19, 2022, 1:32 pm
Hezbollah leader declares ‘big victory’ despite losing parliamentary majority
Terror group’s head Hassan Nasrallah acknowledges blow for his bloc but says no single party has won, calls on political groups to ‘cooperate’ in order to avoid ‘chaos and vacuum’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Lebanon's former foreign minister and parliamentary candidate Gibran Bassil (C) meets supporters waving the yellow flags of the Lebanese Hezbollah at his residence after the end of voting in the parliamentary election in the northern city of Batroun early on May 16, 2022. (Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP)
May 17, 2022, 12:48 pm
Hezbollah-led bloc loses parliamentary majority, full Lebanese election results show
Christian party highly critical of the Iran-backed terror group emerges as biggest winner, as independents and other rivals of terror group also make gains
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Posters expressing support for the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, hang on a main road in the capital Beirut, on May 14, 2022, on the eve of parliamentary elections. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
May 17, 2022, 6:42 am
Despite Lebanon election setbacks, Hezbollah remains a growing threat to Israel
Shiite group and its allies lost their parliamentary majority, but Israel’s northern neighbor remains a dysfunctional state in which Nasrallah’s terror faction does what it pleases
By Lazar Berman
Supporters of the Lebanese Forces party celebrate in the Lebanon's northern coastal city of Batroun as they await results after the end of voting in the parliamentary elections on May 15, 2022. (Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP)
May 16, 2022, 7:01 pm
Lebanon elections weaken Hezbollah, strengthen reformists, provisional results show
Iran-backed terror group seems to retain its parliamentary seats, but some of its allies lose theirs; Saudi-backed LF party wins several new seats
By Layal Abou Rahal
Election officials count ballots shortly after polling stations closed, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
May 16, 2022, 10:03 am
Hezbollah and allies dealt a blow in Lebanon election, early results show
Christian Lebanese Forces party, among Iranian proxy’s most vocal critics, says it won at least 20 seats, making it largest Christian bloc in parliament
By AP
Lebanese army vehicles drive past a sign showing the images of (R to L) the leader of the Lebanese Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah and the movement's parliamentary candidate Mohammed Fneish, along a road while on patrol in the southern city of Nabatiyeh, on May 15, 2022 during the national parliamentary elections. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
May 15, 2022, 4:14 pm
Lebanese hope for new faces in parliamentary election as crises mount
Blast-shaken Beirut goes to polls for first time since financial mismanagement dragged it to brink of failed statehood, yet ruling elite expected to weather public anger
By Jonathan Sawaya
Electoral billboards overlook a bridge in Lebanon's capital Beirut, on May 14, 2022, on the eve of parliamentary elections. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
May 15, 2022, 6:34 am
Lebanon votes in first election since crisis, with little hope for change
Political class blamed for country’s woes is expected to hold onto levers of power
By Rouba El Husseini
Hezbollah supporters wave portraits of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and their group flags, during an election campaign, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
May 14, 2022, 6:20 pm
Hezbollah’s weapons divide Lebanon as it holds parliamentary elections Sunday
Calls to dismantle terror group have dominated campaigns of rival factions ahead of vote, the first since economic collapse and deadly Beirut port blast
By Agencies
A homeless woman sits in front of campaign posters for a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Beirut, Lebanon, May 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
May 13, 2022, 11:12 am
Parliamentary elections seen as last chance for crisis-plagued Lebanon
Amid economic meltdown, Lebanese to cast votes Sunday for first time since 2020 port blast that left over 200 dead; Hezbollah and allies expected to retain or boost majority
By Agencies
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a speech via video during a gathering to mark al-Quds Day in the southern suburb of Lebanon's capital Beirut on April 29, 2022. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
May 5, 2022, 9:20 am
UN chief expresses ‘grave concern’ over Hezbollah’s arms ahead of Lebanese elections
Antonio Guterres calls for Iran-backed terror group to become ‘a solely civilian political party’ and demands ‘free, fair, transparent and inclusive’ vote for parliament on May 15
By Agencies
Two European Union election observers watch as an election worker casts her ballot in early voting in Beirut, Lebanon, June 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File )
April 11, 2022, 4:18 pm
EU to deploy election observation mission to Lebanon ahead of May vote
Parliamentary vote comes amid country’s continued economic meltdown and the still-open investigation into the massive deadly blast at Beirut’s port in 2020
By FADI TAWIL
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