DOHA - Rival Lebanese leaders have reached an agreement early Wednesday in Arab-mediated crisis talks held in Doha aimed at ending a political feud that nearly drove the country to a new civil war, an opposition MP said.

"An agreement has been reached," between the Western-backed pro-government majority and the Hezbollah-led opposition, MP Ali Hasan Khalil told reporters.

"We expect a (parliamentary) vote to elect a president on Thursday or Friday," he said, as the Doha talks moved towards a Wednesday deadline.

- AFP /ls