Doha Agreement (2008) - Wikipedia
It hailed the agreement between the Western-backed majority and the Hezbollah-led opposition, backed by Syria and Iran, to elect a new president, establish a national unity cabinet and address Lebanon's electoral law.
2008 Lebanon conflict - Wikipedia
Hezbollah dismissed the accusations, calling the allegation a product of Jumblatt's imagination and saying that those who leveled them were scaremongering and simply parroting a US campaign against it and other groups which are resisting Israel.
Hezbollah - Wikipedia
Hezbollah; Dates of operation: ... At the end, rival Lebanese leaders reached consensus over Doha Agreement on 21 May 2008, to end the 18-month political feud that exploded into fighting and nearly drove the country to a new civil war. [180] On the basis of this agreement, Hezbollah and its opposition allies were effectively granted veto power ...
Doha: Filling the Arab Void in Lebanon - Carnegie Endowment for ...
Jan 31, 2023 · Lebanese sources indicated that Doha assured Aoun of international and Arab support for his candidacy. However, the problem lies in obtaining the agreement of the local Lebanese powers such as Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement, whose president, Gebran Bassil, will be hosted in Doha to discuss the matter.
Doha Compromise is ’No Cave In to Hezbollah’ - Council on …
May 12, 2008 · Michael Young, a political analyst in Lebanon, says the recent "Doha compromise" is not necessarily a cave-in to Hezbollah, but rather a "classic Levantine compromise."
Hezbollah and the Future of Lebanon - Dissent Magazine
Jun 1, 2008 · The Doha deal represents a major victory for Hezbollah, or Party of God, and its regional patrons, Iran and Syrian, and a setback for supporters of the Lebanese government backed by the Western powers, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
Hezbollah | Mapping Militant Organizations - Stanford University
The settlement, called the Doha Agreement, granted Hezbollah veto power in the government and pledged that no political group would use weapons for domestic disputes. Although Hezbollah was defeated in the 2009 parliamentary elections, it still managed to wield considerable political influence in government.
Deal for Lebanese Factions Leaves Hezbollah Stronger
May 22, 2008 · The agreement was brokered by Arab mediators in Doha, Qatar, and involved intensive last-minute diplomacy among the major regional players in Lebanon, including Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
GCC Responses to Israeli Aggression on Lebanon: Strategic …
Oct 10, 2024 · On 8 October 2023, Hezbollah began attacking Israeli occupied territory in order to support Hamas in Gaza. For months, both sides engaged in mutual shelling along the border.
6 - The Doha 2008 Accord and its Aftermath - Cambridge …
Jan 19, 2021 · Under the slogan of partnership and the reformulation of the political system (almusharaka wa i‘adat intaj al-sulta) and after eighteen months of a wavering political stalemate, Hizbullah affected change by force on the ground gaining its long awaited veto power in the Lebanese cabinet.