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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Baalbek - Hussein Darwish

Hezbollah’s Rivals in Eastern Lebanon Race to Influence Votes of Clans

Government election officials carry a ballot box into polling stations in Beirut, Lebanon, on 5 May 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Opposition forces are racing to win over clans and families in the Baalbek-Hermel governorate in eastern Lebanon, in an attempt to secure their votes in the electoral race, in the face of the list of Hezbollah and its allies.

The various forces opposed to Hezbollah are trying to take advantage of the party’s failure to nominate candidates from the region’s clans and families for the upcoming parliamentary elections, which are scheduled for May 2022.

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