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Lebanon postpones parliamentary elections due in May by two years

Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 9, 2026. © Reuters/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon's parliament on Monday postponed legislative elections, initially due to be held in May, by two years, according to a statement from the parliament speaker, due to the war between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah.

MPs convened on Monday, including Mohammed Raad, head of Hezbollah's parliamentary “Loyalty to the Resistance” bloc, as Israeli warplanes flew above the nearby southern suburbs of Beirut.

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