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Le CPL, les FL, les Kataëb, les Marada et d'autres personnalités chrétiennes vont se livrer un bras de fer acharné dans la méga-circonscription du Liban-Nord III, celle de Beyrouth I, au Mont-Liban et à Zahlé.

The opposition Kataeb Party has decided not to ally with the Lebanese Forces in the upcoming parliamentary elections seeing as the LF is part of the ruling coalition, a media report said.

"Kataeb has informed all parties concerned, topped by the LF, that its alliances will be political and based on clear stances against the policies and parties of the ruling class," a source informed on contacts between Christian parties told al-Joumhouria daily in remarks published Thursday.

The secretary general of the Hezbollah resistance movement has warned the Lebanese nation against voting for pro-US candidates in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, saying such contenders will simply hand over the Arab country to Americans.

Addressing his supporters via a televised speech from the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on Saturday evening, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called upon people from all walks of life to participate in the elections, which are scheduled to be held on May 6.

El primer ministro libanés, Saad Hariri, descartó hoy cualquier alianza con el grupo chií Hizbulá de cara a las elecciones legislativas previstas en mayo y aseguró que su partido aboga por la moderación y el distanciamiento de los conflictos regionales.

En un acto conmemorativo por el 13 aniversario del asesinato en Beirut de su padre, Rafic Hariri, el jefe del Gobierno reiteró su compromiso con la estabilidad del Líbano y el llamado "principio de distanciamiento", al que las fuerzas políticas libanesas se adhirieron según un pacto alcanzado tras la guerra civil (1975-1990).

Dépôt des candidatures et des listes, élections au Liban et à l'étranger... voici le calendrier du scrutin.

Les prochaines élections législatives auront lieu dans trois mois sur la base d'une loi électorale votée au Parlement le 16 juin 2017. Les dernières élections générales remontent à 2009. Depuis, les députés ont prorogé leur mandat à trois reprises, la dernière fois jusqu'au 21 mai 2018.

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Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq announced on Friday that parliamentary elections, the first since 2009, will be held on May 6, 2018. He added that the Lebanese expatriates will be able to vote from abroad on April 22 and 28. The minister signed a decree setting the date of the polls, allowing the vote to go ahead for the first time in ten years. 

From the moment his plane touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday, November 3, Saad Hariri was in for a surprise.

There was no line-up of Saudi princes or ministry officials, as would typically greet a prime minister on an official visit to King Salman, senior sources close to Hariri and top Lebanese political and security officials said. His phone was confiscated, and the next day he was forced to resign as prime minister in a statement broadcast by a Saudi-owned TV channel.

The leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah has accused Saudi Arabia of forcing its prime minister to step down. Saad al-Hariri's resignation threatens to reignite sectarian divisions in the country.

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group, on Sunday accused Saudi Arabia of dictating Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's resignation, which threatens to throw the Middle East nation into chaos.

After 12 years of unsuccessful attempts to revise a 1960 electoral law, rival politicians finally reach agreement.

Beirut: Lebanon expects to hold a parliamentary election on May 6, 2018 and parliament will extend its current term until May 20 that year, information minister Melhem Riachy told journalists during a cabinet session on Wednesday.