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Lebanese Parliament Extends Term by 2 Years as Israel Intensifies Attacks on Lebanon
Lebanese parliament delayed elections citing security risks from the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, extending its term by two years amid political divisions and ongoing Israeli airstrikes.
- On Monday, Lebanon's parliament postponed elections by two years, according to a statement from the parliament speaker, citing the war with Hezbollah that began last week.
- On Feb. 2, fighting escalated after Hezbollah fired rockets and drones, displacing over half a million people and making voting difficult in many areas, officials said.
- MPs met while Israeli warplanes flew over southern Beirut suburbs, with several Hezbollah lawmakers, including Mohammed Raad, present, and the vote tally was 76 in favor, 41 against, four abstained.
- The government pledged to disarm Hezbollah, but parliament remains heavily divided, and the delay follows Hezbollah's 2022 electoral losses, according to a parliament speaker statement.
- Past postponements in 2013-14 and 2017 set a precedent for the current extension, and diplomatic sources say political forces hostile to Hezbollah, with U.S. diplomatic encouragement, had sought delays before the war.
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Boston HeraldBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese parliament extends its term by 2 years due to the US-Israeli war with Iran and the Israeli offensive in Lebanon.
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Lebanese parliament extends term for 2 years due to US-Israel war with Iran and Israeli operations in Lebanon
Lebanese parliament extends term for 2 years due to US-Israel war with Iran and Israeli operations in Lebanon.
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Lebanon parliament extends its own mandate for two years as war intensifies
DUBAI, March 9 (Reuters) - Lebanon’s parliament extended its own mandate for two years on Monday, a statement from the speaker's office said, pushing back elections that were meant to take place in May of this year.The office of parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri said 76 lawmakers of the 128-seat body had voted in favour of the extension. The vote came a week after Lebanon was dragged into the regional war by militant group Hezbollah's launch of …
·Washington, United States
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