Polls may be extended, Hezbollah official says

With voter turnout struggling, Hezbollah's deputy head Naim Qassem said his party is in contact with the interior ministry over the possibility of extending the voting deadline beyond 7pm.

Hezbollah's number two was speaking in Beirut's Zoqaq al-Blat as he cast his vote.

In other news, MEE's Ali Harb has noted the amount of waste left by campaigners across Beirut.

Lebanon is suffering under a severe trash crisis, which spiralled into large, violent protests in 2015. All parties, particularly civil society ones, have promised to tackle the country's inability to deal with its own waste.