March 14 Alliance

March 14 Alliance

Leader	Saad Hariri
General Secretary	Fares Souhaid
Founded	2005 (2005)
Headquarters	Beirut
Newspaper	An-Nahar
Ideology	Big tent
Seats in the Parliament of Lebanon:	60 / 128
Website
14march.org

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The March 14 Alliance (Arabic: تحالف 14 آذار‎ Taḥāluf 14 Adhār), named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that are united by their anti-Syrian regime stance and their opposition to the March 8 Alliance. It is led by Saad Hariri, second son of Rafic Hariri, as well as other prominent figures.

Parties that left the alliance

The Free Patriotic Movement of General Michel Aoun left the informal grouping before the 2005 general election, before March 14 was an established alliance, due to major disagreements. After the 2005 elections, The Free Patriotic Movement was alone in the opposition, but was joined one year later by the pro-Syrian government March 8 Alliance in November 2006.

The Progressive Socialist Party left the 14 March movement in August 2011.

Foreign Alliances

While the 14th of March Alliance accuses the 8th of March Alliance of being proxies of the respective regimes of Iran and Syria, likewise, the 14 of March Coalition is accused of being a puppet alliance guided by the American administration and funded by the Saudi government.

2006 Lebanon War

On the 12th of July 2006, the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah started. During the war, the 14 of March Coalition took a stance against Hezbollah accusing the armed party of causing the war on Lebanon. However, Hezbollah claimed that Israel preplanned such a war, supposed to be waged on September during the annual rally Hezbollah holds on the International Qods (Jerusalem) Day.

The 14th of March coalition, amidst the war, urged Hezbollah to hand over their weapons, accusing the party of causing the war on Lebanon.

During the first few days of the war, former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Beirut and held a meeting with the 14th of March coalition and declared afterwards that a new Middle East will be born after this war, saying: "It's time for a new Middle East". Rice and Fouad Siniora met during her visit to Lebanon.

Claims

The principal political claims of the March 14 Alliance are:

The exile of the former President Émile Lahoud, reputed an illegitimate president under the Syrian diktat in September 2004.
Institution of a court for a case against the Prime Minister Rafic Hariri's killers.
Pacification with the Syria and review of the Syrian-Lebanese borders.
Opposition to the Syrian interference in Lebanon.
Institution of a weapons government monopoly, disarmament of Hezbollah and review; control of the Lebanese Armed Forces by the President and general Michel Suleiman and the police by the Prime Minister.

Member parties

Party	Arabic name	Ideology	Major demographic base	Seats in Parliament (after 2009 election)
Independence Movement	Harakat el Istiklel حركة الإسنقلال	Conservatism Lebanese nationalism	Maronite Christian	0
Future Movement	Tayyar Al Mustaqbal تيار المستقبل	Conservative liberalism	Sunni Muslim	26
Lebanese Forces	al-quwāt al-lubnāniyah القوات اللبنانية	Christian democracy Lebanese nationalism	Maronite Christian	8
Kataeb Party	al-Kataeb al-Lubnāniyya حزب الكتائب اللبنانية	Lebanese nationalism National conservatism	Maronite Christian	5
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party	Hizb al-Henchag حزب الهنشاق (حزب الهنشاق الديمقراطي الإجتماعي)	Social democracy	Armenian	2
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party	Hizb al-Ramgavar حزب الرمغفار (الحزب الديمقراطي الليبرالي الأرمني)	Liberalism	Armenian	1
National Liberal Party	Hizb al-Wataniyyin al-Ahrar حزب الوطنيين الأحرار	National liberalism Economic liberalism	Christian	1
Democratic Left Movement	Harakat Al-Yassar ll-Dimoqrati حركة اليسار الديمقراطي	Democratic socialism Social democracy	Secular	1
Islamic Group	Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya الجماعة الإسلامية	Islamism	Sunni Muslim	1
Democratic Renewal	Harakat al-Tajaddod al-Dimoqrati حركة التجدد الدمقراطي	Liberalism Social liberalism Reformism	Secular	0
Lebanese National Bloc	Hizb al-Kitla al-Wataniya حزب الكتلة الوطنية	Conservatism Lebanese nationalism	Maronite Christian	0
Free Shia Movement	Tayyar el-Shi'i el-Horr التيار الشيعي الحرّ	Islamic liberalism	Shiite Muslim	0
Syriac Union of Lebanon	Hizb al Ittihad al Siryāni حزب الاتحاد السرياني	Assyrianism	Syriac/Assyrian	0
Shuraya Party	Hizb Al-Shurāya	Assyrianism	Assyrian	0
Lebanese Peace Party	Hizb as-Salām al-Lubnāny حزب السلام اللبناني	Pacifism	Secular	0

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Political parties in Lebanon

Ministers (24)

March 8 Alliance (8)	Amal Movement (2) Hezbollah (2) Free Patriotic Movement (2) Marada Movement (1) Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnag) (1)

March 14 Alliance (8)	Future Movement (3) Kataeb Party (3) Independents (2)

Others (8)	Progressive Socialist Party (2) Independents (6)

National Assembly (128)

Future Movement (26)
Free Patriotic Movement (19)
Amal Movement (13)
Hezbollah (12)
Lebanese Forces (9)
Progressive Socialist Party (7)
Kataeb Party (5)
Lebanese Democratic Party (4)
Marada Movement (3)
Ba'ath Party (2)
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnag, 2)
Glory Movement (2)
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (2)
Syrian Social Nationalist Party (2)
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar, 1)
Democratic Left (1)
Islamic Group (1)
National Liberal Party (1)
Solidarity Party (1)
Others (14)

Politics of Lebanon

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