BINT JBEIL (Lebanon): Citizens who came to polling stations in southern Lebanon yesterday expressed strong support for Hezbollah, the guerilla group that fought Israel during an 18-year occupation and is now facing international pressure to disarm.
Hezbollah, labelled a terrorist organisation by Washington, teamed up with its rival, the Amal movement, for parliamentary elections in the largely Shi'ite Muslim south and are expected to easily sweep the 23 seats in that region, which borders Israel.