The Lebanese parliament held on Saturday in order to voice Lebanon’s solidarity with the Palestinian Gaza Strip and the Iraqi city of Mosul, Naharnet reported.

The Lebanese parliament held on Saturday in order to voice Lebanon's solidarity with the Palestinian Gaza Strip and the Iraqi city of Mosul, Naharnet reported.

The session was chaired by Speaker Nabih Berri and attended by the majority of political blocs.

The lawmakers expressed their compassion with the plight of the Palestinian people in Gaza and minorities in Iraq that are being persecuted by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.