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05 December 2013, 18:03 NNA: Walid Fatima Abu Omar was wounded by sniper gunshots in Bab al-Tabbaneh as the army opened fire at the sources of the shots.
05 December 2013, 18:01 Future TV: Shells fired from the Syrian side of the border landed on the outskirts of the towns of al-Noura, al-Qashlaq, and Aamar al-Baykat, sparking panic among the people.
05 December 2013, 17:49 LBCI: State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged 3 people who hail from Jabal Mohsen for their involvement in Tripoli's clashes.
05 December 2013, 16:59 PSP chief MP Walid Jumblat: It is better to accuse Israel of being behind bombings in Lebanon instead of accusing Saudi Arabia because that will only lead to more tensions.
05 December 2013, 16:56 Aoun: The Lebanese Forces bloc is not ready or willing to meet with us and we care about holding talks with all factions.
05 December 2013, 16:55 Aoun: We have to work to save the country and the republic and what we care about is not heading towards more vacuum.
05 December 2013, 16:54 Aoun: We will have another meeting and the ideas we exchanged we will convey them to our leaders to discuss it with all other parliamentary blocs.
05 December 2013, 16:54 Aoun: We talked about reviving the work of the ministries in all regions.
05 December 2013, 16:53 Aoun: We agreed on holding the presidential elections on time and avoiding dragging Lebanon into more complications. There is a common preoccupation concerning finding a way to create the suitable atmosphere for elections.
05 December 2013, 16:53 Aoun: In case we could not form a new cabinet, we must hold meetings for the current caretaker council of ministers to tackle issues that cannot bear any stalling.
05 December 2013, 16:52 Aoun: We agreed on forming a new cabinet and on relaunching national dialogue to deal with differences in the country.
05 December 2013, 16:52 Aoun: We agreed on reviving the work of the parliament in this phase.
05 December 2013, 16:51 FPM MP Alain Aoun: We have common grounds with the PSP delegation and we share a responsibility to protect Lebanon through adopting local initiatives.
05 December 2013, 16:50 Shehayyeb: There are common committees for all political factions in Mount Lebanon and we hope the image of this region reflects on all Lebanon.
05 December 2013, 16:50 Shehayyeb: We tried in today's meeting to revive the work of institutions that serve the people, who care about the economic situation.
05 December 2013, 16:50 Shehayyeb: The repercussion of the Syrian situation is reflected on Lebanon and meetings are necessary at this stage. We hope the state's institutions become active again and that a cabinet is formed as soon as possible. We support President Suleiman's calls for dialogue.
05 December 2013, 16:49 Shehayyeb: We cannot eliminate any other group in the country and our centrist position stems from wanting to prevent strife in the country.
05 December 2013, 16:49 MP Akram Shehayyeb: FPM MPs suggested a strategy to revive the work of the parliament and the institutions and we support this stance.
05 December 2013, 16:48 National Struggle Front MP Akram Shehayyeb after meeting a FPM delegation: Everyone in the country is scared and worried about Lebanon's fate. We have always called for dialogue and the parliament is the place to communicate.
05 December 2013, 16:22 Loyalty to Resistance bloc: We cannot find any other real solution to forming a cabinet other than the 9-9-6 equation, which is a standard that should be adopted in the constitution because political blocs consider themselves fairly represented.
05 December 2013, 16:21 Loyalty to Resistance bloc: It has become necessary to form a cabinet that manages the country's affairs and we stress on the importance of holding the presidential elections on time.
05 December 2013, 16:21 Loyalty to Resistance bloc: We condemn all attacks by Takfiris against the Syrian people and against Christians that are being killed and violated. Takfiri attacks do not stop at religious figures and symbols and the attack against churches, burning of houses and the kidnapping of nuns require condemnation.
05 December 2013, 16:20 Loyalty to Resistance bloc: We call on March 14 and all groups in the country to stop embracing and finding justifications for Takfiris.
05 December 2013, 16:19 Loyalty to Resistance bloc: Takfiri terrorism in the country requires that all factions to confront this trend that threatens Lebanon's existence.
05 December 2013, 16:19 Loyalty to Resistance bloc: The solution to Tripoli's situation is in dialogue between all concerned factions until a consensus is reached to provide political cover for the army's presence to preserve security.
05 December 2013, 16:18 Loyalty to Resistance bloc: The chaos in Tripoli is a natural result of March 14's embracing of street fighters.
05 December 2013, 16:18 Loyalty to Resistance bloc: The accord reached on Iran's nuclear program will reflect positively on international relations and will alleviate the possibilities of war, which will assure stability in most of the region's countries and strengthen our challenge to the occupation.
05 December 2013, 16:16 Loyalty to Resistance bloc: This martyrdom will boost the fighters' will-power to confront the Zionist enemy.
05 December 2013, 16:16 Loyalty to Resistance bloc: Laqqis' terrorist assassination is a Zionist attack that carries several dangerous meanings that require becoming strict to face a scenario that aims at targeting the resistance.
05 December 2013, 16:15 Loyalty to Resistance bloc: We discussed the security situation in Tripoli and the decision to hand over the army the task of assuring stability.
05 December 2013, 16:15 Loyalty to Resistance bloc after the MPs' weekly meeting: We have discussed the assassination of Laqqis, especially that he previously escaped several assassination attempts carried out by Israel.
05 December 2013, 16:11 NNA: First Lieutenant A. A. was wounded in the gunfire exchange in Bab al-Tabbaneh and was transferred to a hospital for treatment.
05 December 2013, 15:51 Two shells were hurled at Tripoli's Syrian street and were followed by gunfire shots.
05 December 2013, 15:49 VDL (93.3): Gunshots heard in Ain El Helweh were fired during the commemoration of Mohammed al-Saadi's death.
05 December 2013, 15:47 OTV: A shell hit Tripoli's Syria street.
05 December 2013, 15:42 OTV: One sergeant and two gunmen were wounded as the army responded to the sources of fire in Tripoli.
05 December 2013, 15:41 Al-Jadeed: Gunfire was heard in Ain el-Hilweh's al-Fawqani street.
05 December 2013, 15:34 The Intelligence Directorate referred 4 detainees involved in the latest round of Tripoli clashes to the military Public Prosecution.
05 December 2013, 15:27 VDL (93.3): A meeting is underway between members of the FPM and PSP at parliament.
05 December 2013, 15:14 OTV: Clashes erupted once again in Tripoli.
05 December 2013, 15:13 VDL (93.3): Two people were wounded in clashes that erupted between the army and gunmen in the Starco area in Tripoli.
05 December 2013, 15:13 Yazigi: Given the latest developments, we will suspend our Gulf tour and head to Damascus to follow up on the case of abducted nuns.
05 December 2013, 15:12 Patriarch Yazigi: We urge the international community to intervene and ensure the release of the nuns.
05 December 2013, 15:11 Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Youhanna X Yazigi urged the release of the nuns and orphans kidnapped in Syria.
05 December 2013, 15:07 Al-Jadeed: Gunshots were heard in Syria Street in Tripoli and the army fired warning shots.
05 December 2013, 15:02 LBCI: Clashes between Tripoli's Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhoods renewed.
05 December 2013, 15:02 The Ouyoun al-Siman-Hadath Baalbek and Ainata-Cedars roads were blocked by snow.
05 December 2013, 13:47 NNA: A child was killed and 5 others injured in the traffic accident on the Hawsh-Ain Baal road in Tyre.
05 December 2013, 13:44 VDL (93.3): Daouq and Mansour will hold talks this afternoon after Miqati was informed that Lebanese journalist Samir Kassab, who was kidnapped in Syria, is doing well.
05 December 2013, 13:37 Miqati instructed the specialized agencies to deal with the chaos on the streets caused by heavy rains and asked security apparatuses to be on standby for more storms.
05 December 2013, 13:33 Caretaker Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn President Michel Suleiman on the situation in the northern city of Tripoli and the measures undertaken by the army.
05 December 2013, 13:27 VDL (100.5): Two people were injured in a traffic accident on Sidon-Ghazieh road.
05 December 2013, 13:24 Several people were injured in a traffic accident on Hawsh-Ain Baal road in Tyre.
05 December 2013, 13:15 LBCI: The army reopened the Mallouleh road after it was blocked in protest at the arrest of Abboudi Awad.
05 December 2013, 12:49 VDL (100.5): Miqati expressed sympathy with the Lebanese over the chaos on the roads on Wednesday.
05 December 2013, 12:47 MTV: Travelers were urged to head to the airport 3 hours prior to their flights over the rise in the number of travelers on the occasion of the holidays.
05 December 2013, 12:20 The army said it arrested 3 suspects in Tripoli
05 December 2013, 11:45 MTV: Strong winds battered Sidon. Fishermen moved their boats out of the port.
05 December 2013, 11:34 VDL (93.3): Caretaker PM Miqati is meeting with the relatives of cameraman Samir Kassab, who is kidnapped in Syria.
05 December 2013, 11:33 MTV: Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji visited Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh.
05 December 2013, 11:32 VDL (100.5): A meeting is underway between Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi and U.S. ambassador to Lebanon David Hale.
05 December 2013, 11:08 VDL (100.5): Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi held talks with al-Mustaqbal MPs Ahmed Fatdat, MP Qassem Abdul Aziz and Kazem al-Kheir.
05 December 2013, 11:07 MTV: The roads that lead to Beirut airport are filled with rainwater. Heavy traffic on Dbayeh highway.
05 December 2013, 10:45 Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel to LBCI: It isn't acceptable to blame security forces over the floods as their task isn't to clean the sewers.
05 December 2013, 10:45 ISF reopened the Beirut airport road tunnel after removing the vehicle of the Civil Defense Department.
05 December 2013, 10:39 Caretaker FM Adnan Mansour met with Simon Gass, the director of the political affairs department of the British Foreign Ministry.
05 December 2013, 10:18 The Israeli army went on alert on the border with southern Lebanon. It carried out patrols and its members monitored the Lebanese side.
05 December 2013, 09:36 ISF detained 43 people for committing various crimes throughout Lebanese territories.
05 December 2013, 09:17 Caretaker Public Works Minister Ghazi al-Aridi canceled the press conference he was scheduled to make at 12:00 pm Thursday.
05 December 2013, 09:11 Syrian mortar shells hit overnight the outskirts of the towns of al-Dbabiyeh, al-Noura and Kuishra in the province of Akkar, without causing any casualties.
05 December 2013, 08:50 MP Marwan Hamadeh to VDL (100.5): We thank caretaker PM Najib Miqati for funding the STL.
05 December 2013, 08:47 MP Khaled Zahraman to VDL (93.3): The cabinet standstill is ongoing as the rival parties haven't reached common grounds to end the set conditions and counter-conditions.
05 December 2013, 08:46 MP Ali Khreis to VDL (93.3): Israel is used to carry out such terrorist activities as most of the assassinations that targeted leaders in the resistance were carried out by Israel.
05 December 2013, 08:29 MTV: One part of the airport road's tunnel is blocked. Traffic was diverted towards Ouzai.
04 December 2013, 22:39 A group of men from the southern border town of Yater intercepted a Malaysian UNIFIL patrol and confiscated 7 wireless devices, cameras and maps.
04 December 2013, 22:38 MTV: 13 Lebanese were killed in Syria's Qalamoun, among them a man from the Hujairi family.
04 December 2013, 21:48 Al-Mayadeen: Lebanese national Ahmed al-Hujairi and 13 gunmen were killed in a Syrian army ambush between the Rima Farms and Nabak.
04 December 2013, 21:08 LBCI: A percussion bomb has been hurled in the al-Fawqani street in the Ain el-Hilweh camp.
04 December 2013, 20:23 LBCI: Two percussion bombs were hurled on Syria Street in Tripoli.
04 December 2013, 19:59 LBCI: The tunnel on the airport road is still cut-off in both directions and the ISF and Civil Defense members have managed to pull out the trapped cars.
04 December 2013, 19:55 LBCI: Qortbawi signed a decree on the appointment of notaries and referred it to the president and caretaker PM.
04 December 2013, 19:33 National News Agency: The entrances of Furn El Chebbak, Adlieh, Hazmieh and Chevrolet are witnessing a severe traffic jam.
04 December 2013, 19:32 The Ring-Ashrafieh road is witnessing a severe traffic jam.
04 December 2013, 19:18 Israeli army radio: Military officials do not rule out the possibility that Hizbullah might wage an attack on the Israeli-Lebanese border in response to the assassination of its official.
04 December 2013, 19:16 Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Danon: Should Hizbullah attack Israel in response to Laqqis' assassination, our retaliation will be firm and painful.
04 December 2013, 18:16 VDL (93.3): An Energa shell has struck Jabal Mohsen.
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