[4] After the 2005 elections, The Free Patriotic Movement was the sole political opposition, but one year later joined the pro-Syrian government March 8 Alliance in November 2006.

On 12 July 2006, the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah started when the later ambushed an Israeli army border patrol, killing three soldiers and capturing two others.

Tensions began with revelations on Friday May 2 made by Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt, a key politician in the ruling March 14 alliance.

He announced that a remote-controlled camera had been set up in a container park overlooking Beirut international airport's runway 17, which was frequently being used by March 14 politicians.

[9] Hezbollah dismissed the accusations, calling the allegation a product of Jumblatt's imagination and saying that those who leveled them were scaremongering and simply parroting a US campaign against it and other groups which are resisting Israel.

[10] In its response to these allegations, the Lebanese Cabinet announced that it regarded the telecommunication network and the monitoring system as a breach of law, undermining the state's sovereignty and the security of its citizens.

In October 2018, Saad Hariri promised to allocate the Ministry of Justice to the LF (Lebanese Forces)[19] however, he ultimately appointed the FPM (Free Patriotic Movement) to that ministerial position instead.