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Member State of the Arab League. Lebanon portal. The Doha Agreement was reached by rival Lebanese factions on 21 May in Doha , Qatar to end an month-long political crisis. After battles broke out in Lebanon because of the ongoing political crisis, Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani , the ruling Emir of Qatar from to , invited all Lebanese political parties to Qatar's capital of Doha to seek an end to the conflict and avoid possible all-out civil war.

Lebanon's ongoing political crisis suddenly exploded when the government made the decisions to remove Hezbollah's telecommunications network and dismiss the Rafik Hariri International Airport 's head of security, after it was revealed that a Hezbollah surveillance camera was monitoring the western runway number 17, which is used primarily for executive jets.

In response to these decisions, mushrooming riots swept across Beirut resulting in heavy clashes between Hezbollah and the majority. Afterward, Hezbollah forces invaded and took control of the majority Sunni area of western Beirut. It was the first time since the Lebanese Civil War that weapons were used by Hezbollah on an internal front.

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Battles moved to several areas in the country, including Mount Lebanon and the North, and people are estimated to have died in the conflict. The Arab League quickly acted to stop the violence. Under its guidance, Lebanese political leaders convened at the Lebanese National Dialogue Conference in Doha between 16 and 21 May First : The parties have agreed on having the Lebanese parliament speaker, based on the rules in effect, invite the parliament to convene within 24 hours to elect consensus candidate General Michel Suleiman , knowing that this is the best constitutional method to elect the president under these exceptional circumstances.

Second : forming a national unity government composed of 30 ministers distributed among the majority 16 ministers , the opposition 11 ministers and the president 3 ministers , and by virtue of this agreement, all parties commit not to resign or obstruct the government's actions. Third : adopting the kaza as an electoral constituency in conformity with the law, whereby the districts of Marjayoun- Hasbaya , Baalbek - Hermel and West Bekaa- Rashaya remain as a single electoral constituency each.

Agreeing on referring the reform clauses mentioned in the draft law prepared by the National Commission on Electoral Law Reform, which was headed by Minister Fouad Boutros, to the parliament in order to examine and discuss them in accordance with the rules in effect. Fourth : Pursuant to the Beirut Agreement of 15 May, especially Paragraphs 4 and 5, which stated the following:.