[1] Assem Qanso is the longest-serving secretary (leader) of the Lebanese Ba'ath Party,[2] first from 1971 to 1989 and again from 2000 to 2005.

[3] In 1953 it merged with Arab Socialist Party headed by Akram Hourani, and the current title was adopted.

Reportedly, the Syrian ambassador, Ali Abdul Karim, had lobbied against any list accepting Qanso's candidates, as his group is not recognized from Damascus.

A Baathist politician, Kassem Hachem, was included in a list in South III as Amal candidate, but not on behalf of the party.

[12] Following the fall of the Assad regime, the party's headquarters in Halba were stormed by a mob of anti-Assad militants.