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Resistance Axis sets for huge gains in Lebanon elections

7 May 2018 - 9:34


MNA � Preliminary results show Hezbollah and its political allies looked to set to win more than half of the seats in Lebanon�s parliamentary elections.


The�results of Sunday elections looked to enhance the Resistance Movement led by Hezbollah politically.

According to Reuters, the Saudi and Western-backed Prime Minister Saad Harriri would emerge as the Sunni Islamic leader with the biggest bloc in the 128-seat parliament, making him the frontrunner to form the next government even though he lost seats.

Lebanese Prime minister must be a Sunni according to country�s sectarian power-sharing system.

Video footages uploaded on the Internet�show people in southern Lebanon celebrating the Resistance Movement decisive victory�in the first elections in�almost a decade.


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