March 8 Alliance

March 8 Alliance

تحالف 8 آذار
March 8 Alliance تحالف 8 آذار
Leader	Gebran Bassil
General Secretary	Mohammad Raad
Founded	8 March 2005
Ideology	Pro-Syria; Anti-Zionism; Factions; Arab socialism; Syrian nationalism; Lebanese nationalism; Arab nationalism; Shia Islamism; Baathism; Christian democracy; Social democracy; Pro-Iran
Political position	Big tent
Colors	Orange, white
Parliament of Lebanon	61 / 128
Cabinet of Lebanon	16 / 24
	Politics of Lebanon; Political parties; Elections;

The March 8 Alliance (Arabic: تحالف 8 آذار, romanized: taḥāluf 8 adhār) is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that are united by their pro-Syrian^[1] stance and their opposition to the former March 14 Alliance. It was the ruling coalition in Lebanon with the government headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati from June 2011 until March 2013.^[2] Main parties of the March 8 Alliance are part of the third Cabinet of Najib Mikati since 2021.^[3]

^ Daoud, David (January 12, 2017). "Hezbollah's Latest Conquest: Lebanon's Cabinet". Newsweek.
^ March 8 finished, Aoun out in the cold Archived November 16, 2017, at the Wayback Machine The Daily Star 10 July 2013
^ Cornet, Wassim (May 17, 2022). "Lebanon's Hezbollah, allies lose parliament majority in elections". France 24. Retrieved April 10, 2023.

[1] Daoud, David (January 12, 2017). "Hezbollah's Latest Conquest: Lebanon's Cabinet". Newsweek.

[tds10-2] March 8 finished, Aoun out in the cold Archived November 16, 2017, at the Wayback Machine The Daily Star 10 July 2013

[3] Cornet, Wassim (May 17, 2022). "Lebanon's Hezbollah, allies lose parliament majority in elections". France 24. Retrieved April 10, 2023.

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