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BEIRUT - Lebanese headed to the polls for first time in six years on Sunday for municipal elections including in Beirut, where a new grassroots campaign is taking on entrenched parties.
It is the first election of any kind in Lebanon since the last municipal polls in 2010, in a country that has not had a president for the past two years nor voted for a parliament since 2009.
Voters were trickling in to polling stations in Beirut and in two provinces of the Bekaa region in the first stage of a vote to last until May 29 in five other provinces.
In Beirut, an unlikely alliance of citizens is for the first time challenging traditional politicians like former prime minister Saad Hariri, whose Future Movement usually dominates elections in the capital.
Beirut Madinati, or Arabic for "Beirut is my city", emerged after civil society gained momentum in protests last summer over a political crisis that saw trash pile up on streets.
Coming out of a polling station in Beirut, a 43-year-old voter who only gave his name as Elie was enthusiastic.
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The Bekaa Valley and Baalbek-Hermel districts witnessed heated battles between rival parties running for local elections, with three people being treated at hospitals after scuffles broke out in Zahle.
TV footage showed a scuffle at a polling station in Zahle between supporters of the Lebanese Forces, people who back the Fattoush list, and the supporters of the Skaff family's Popular Bloc over the vote-buying allegations.A similar incident occurred at an office of the Popular Bloc, after LF supporters reportedly stormed into it.
"I'm still waiting for the Lebanese Forces to explain what happened. I call on people to try to protect the democratic way we should all follow," Popular Bloc head Myriam Skaff told reporters.
BEIRUT (Sputnik) — The first round of municipal elections kicked off on Sunday in Lebanon, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
Residents are choosing lawmakers to be represented in local governments of the Bekaa Valley and Baalbek-Hermel provinces in eastern Lebanon as well as in Beirut. Supporters of former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and independent civil society activists are struggling for the victory. The elections will last until May 29 in five other provinces of Lebanon.
"Municipal elections are a privilege of the people, this is the essence of our democracy. We hope that this will also affect the rest; first and foremost, the presidential election," Prime Minister Tammam Salam said, after casting his vote in Beirut.
Population Movements to Keserwan - The Khazens and The Maans
ما جاء عن الثورة في المقاطعة الكسروانية
ثورة أهالي كسروان على المشايخ الخوازنة وأسبابها
Origins of the "Prince of Maronite" Title
Growing diversity: the Khazin sheiks and the clergy in the first decades of the 18th century
Historical Members:
Barbar Beik El Khazen [English]
Patriach Toubia Kaiss El Khazen(Biography & Life Part1 Part2) (Arabic)
Patriach Youssef Dargham El Khazen (Cont'd)
Cheikh Bishara Jafal El Khazen
Patriarch Youssef Raji El Khazen
The Martyrs Cheikh Philippe & Cheikh Farid El Khazen
Cheikh Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Hossun El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou-Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Francis Abee Nader & his son Yousef
Cheikh Abou-Kanso El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou Nader El Khazen
Cheikh Chafic El Khazen
Cheikh Keserwan El Khazen
Cheikh Serhal El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Rafiq El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Hanna El Khazen
Cheikha Arzi El Khazen
Marie El Khazen