Take Back Parliament – Lebanon (Arabic: إسترجعوا البرلمان), (TBP – Lebanon) is a political movement launched by several Lebanese activists who met through...

Lebanon has hundreds of registered political parties. After 2005, when the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri precipitated the Cedar...

party and former militia during the Lebanese Civil War. It currently holds 19 of the 128 seats in Lebanon's parliament, being the largest party of the country...

while Parliament was unable to nominate a candidate with enough votes to succeed him and so the position has been vacant since. In light of the Lebanese presidential...

33°50′N 35°50′E / 33.833°N 35.833°E / 33.833; 35.833 Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia, bordered...

and parliament choose the prime minister. Political parties may be formed. Most are based on sectarian interests. 2008 saw a new twist to Lebanese politics...

session, a qualified majority of two-thirds of the members of the Lebanese Parliament is required to elect the President. If no candidate reaches that...

On 1 October 2024, Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the sixth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978. The invasion took place after nearly 12 months...

Hochstein met with Lebanese and Israeli leaders to negotiate the ceasefire deal. In Lebanon, he met with Lebanese Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri, who...

of the Vichy French forces, left Lebanon in 1946. The Maronites assumed power over Lebanon and economy. A parliament was created in which both Muslims...

political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. Its armed strength was assessed to be equivalent to that of a medium-sized...

leaders of Lebanon, Shiites are the only sect eligible for the post of Speaker of Parliament. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Lebanese people...

currently part of the Lebanese opposition. The party currently holds 4 out of the 128 seats in the Lebanese Parliament. The Lebanese Phalanges Party is also...

lit. 'Hope Movement') is a Lebanese political party and former militia affiliated mainly with the Shia community of Lebanon. It was founded by Musa al-Sadr...

the Lebanese Armed Forces always be Maronite Catholic. The Prime Minister of the Republic always be a Sunni Muslim. The Speaker of the Parliament always...

Members of the 2005–2009 Lebanese Parliament Members of the 2009–2013 Lebanese Parliament History of Lebanon#Republic of Lebanon Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)...

a chain of demonstrations in Lebanon (especially in the capital Beirut) triggered by the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri....

security situation in Lebanon. The ARF (Tashnag), along with most other Armenian groups, refused to take sides between the warring Lebanese factions or to play...

Civil War, was elected with 83 votes in Parliament. He took office the same day as the 13th President of Lebanon since independence in 1943. Prior to the...

The history of Lebanon covers the history of the modern Republic of Lebanon and the earlier emergence of Greater Lebanon under the French Mandate for...

in parliament. Under Kamal Jumblatt's leadership, the PSP was a major element in the Lebanese National Movement (LNM), which supported Lebanon's Arab...

October revolution'), were a series of civil protests in Lebanon that began after the Lebanese cabinet announced financial measures on 17 October 2019...

beginning to move Syrian troops into Lebanon under the guise of the Palestine Liberation Army in order to bring the PLO back under Syrian influence and prevent...

Gemayel strongly opposed the Syrian military presence in Lebanon, and was an enemy of the Syrian-backed government which took power in 1990. She is strongly...

youngest president to take office. Gemayel re-organized the Lebanese Army, receiving support from the Multinational Force in Lebanon and despite fierce internal...

of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$15 billion...

The Lebanese Communist Party (LCP; Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني, transliterated: al-Ḥizb al-šuyūʿī al-lubnānī) is a communist party in Lebanon. It was...

Frangieh was district governor of Ehden (1908–1913) and a member of the Lebanese Parliament (1929–1932). His grandfather, Suleiman Ghnatios Frangieh, was district...

Party. Some Lebanese backed President Amin Gemayel, arguing that its close relations to the US could help create peace and restore Lebanese sovereignty...

held in the Parliament of Lebanon on September 21, 1982, resulting in Kataeb politician Amine Gemayel being elected President of the Lebanese Republic....