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18 June 2013, 07:33 The Constitutional Council failed to meet for the 3rd time to discuss petitions on parliament’s extension over lack of quorum caused by the absence of 3 judges.
18 June 2013, 07:18 VDL (93.3): Ashton had to cancel her meetings with Salam and Mansour to visit UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura instead.
18 June 2013, 07:16 LBCI: A meeting is underway between a March 14 delegation and President Suleiman at Baabda palace.
18 June 2013, 07:16 MTV: Only seven out of 10 Constitutional Council members arrived for the meeting, which means there is lack of quorum.
18 June 2013, 07:14 VDL (93.3): Ashton canceled her meeting with PM-designate Tammam Salam.
18 June 2013, 06:47 VDL (100.5): Members of the Constitutional Council began arriving at its headquarters.
18 June 2013, 06:41 A meeting is underway between President Michel Suleiman and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at the Baabda Palace.
18 June 2013, 06:17 ISF detained 52 people for committing various crimes throughout Lebanese territories.
18 June 2013, 06:12 Al-Rahi demanded before heading to Rome the formation of a neutral cabinet as a first step to bridge the gap between the March 8 and 14 alliances and achieve reconciliation.
18 June 2013, 05:35 Caretaker Minister Fadi Abboud denied in remarks to VDL (93.3) that differences between Hizbullah and the FPM are growing over the parliament extension row.
18 June 2013, 04:38 VDL (100.5): A meeting between Caretaker Adnan Mansour and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton was canceled without any clear reasons.
18 June 2013, 04:34 MP Antoine Zahra to VDL (100.5): The March 14 alliance's demands are logical, rightful and give hope in rebuilding the state.
17 June 2013, 18:26 Caretaker PM Miqati discussed the situations in Lebanon and the region with visiting EU foreign policy chief Ashton.
17 June 2013, 18:22 EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton arrived in Beirut from Arbil.
17 June 2013, 17:58 Caretaker Energy Minister Bassil: We want the state and we're seeking it and we reject any behavior that violates its authority. The state has the priority over any political understanding, political relation or political alliance.
17 June 2013, 17:38 MTV: Shooting in the air erupted in Tripoli's Syria Street as gunmen appeared in the area.
17 June 2013, 17:32 LBCI: An exchange of gunfire erupted in Tripoli's Syria Street.
17 June 2013, 17:23 Phalange Party chief Gemayel sent a congratulatory cable to Iran's President-elect Rowhani: We hope your tenure will witness cooperation and pure friendship with Lebanon's authorities and people in order to establish a new relation that would satisfy all the Lebanese.
17 June 2013, 17:03 MP Ahmed Fatfat to LBCI: We don't have a foreign minister, but rather an agent of the Assad regime.
17 June 2013, 17:01 LBCI: Roads have been blocked with burning tires in Tripoli's al-Baqqar and al-Qobbeh in protest at the delay in paying the compensations.
17 June 2013, 16:44 National News Agency: Unknown individuals hurled a percussion bomb in Tripoli's al-Barraniyeh neighborhood.
17 June 2013, 16:36 LBCI: Fatah Movement member Ahmed Saleh Sheikhani died of his wounds after being shot by Jund al-Sham member Hussein al-Iraqi in the Ain el-Hilweh camp.
17 June 2013, 16:31 LBCI: A hand grenade was hurled on the Abu Ali roundabout as gunmen appeared on Syria Street.
17 June 2013, 16:21 Al-Jadeed: A hand grenade was hurled and volleys of machinegun fire were heard in Tripoli's Syria Street.
17 June 2013, 16:20 MTV: Fatah Movement member Ahmed Sheikhan was seriously wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire on him in the Ain el-Hilweh camp.
17 June 2013, 16:19 Future TV: One person was wounded in a clash between Fatah and Jund al-Sham in the Ain el-Hilweh camp in Sidon.
17 June 2013, 16:14 Al-Jadeed: A man was wounded in a personal dispute in the Ain el-Hilweh camp in Sidon between a Fatah member and a man belonging to Bilal Bader's group.
17 June 2013, 15:58 Security sources to MTV: Gunfire erupted in the Beirut Arab University area during a personal dispute between two men over car parking space, causing no casualties.
17 June 2013, 15:48 Residents blocked the Abu Ali roundabout in Tripoli with burning tires to protest the delay in paying compensations for damages caused by recent clashes.
17 June 2013, 13:54 Gemayel: We belong to our sects now and Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour is acting based on his affiliation with a party and with his sect.
17 June 2013, 13:51 Gemayel: What is happening is not acceptable and Lebanese people are no longer able to bear this. Daily essential matters have become secondary amid current security fears.
17 June 2013, 13:49 Gemayel: (Hizbullah chief Sayyed) Nasrallah has transformed Lebanon into a battlefield instead of a democratic country. How can he control the fate of all the Lebanese?
17 June 2013, 13:47 Gemayel: Hizbullah is bringing the war in Syria to Lebanon.
17 June 2013, 13:46 Gemayel: Hizbullah imposes a fait accompli on the state because of its possession of arms and no one can hold it accountable except in a civil war. And we do not want this option.
17 June 2013, 13:45 Gemayel: Hizbullah's cabinet controls the country and as a Lebanese, I have no authority to hold the party accountable.
17 June 2013, 13:45 Gemayel: Everyone who has been contributing to the fall of the state in the last 10 years is held responsible for the current situation.
17 June 2013, 13:44 Gemayel: The executive authority must admit its failure and to announce Lebanon a failed state. During the war we did not lose hope but today Lebanon has become a hopeless state.
17 June 2013, 13:43 Gemayel: We are not held responsible because we are part of the opposition.
17 June 2013, 13:43 Gemayel: The executive authority is responsible for controlling the border, preserving the Baabda Declaration and taking control of the security situation.
17 June 2013, 13:42 Gemayel urged the executive authority to assume its responsibilities.
17 June 2013, 13:41 Gemayel: We urge PM-designate Salam to form the cabinet as soon as possible because vacuum does not serve the country. But we are aware that some factions do not want a state because their goal is for all the country's institutions to collapse.
17 June 2013, 13:40 Phalange Party MP Sami Gemayel after the political bureau's weekly meeting: We urge President Michel Suleiman to stop the collapse of the state and we call for more powers to be given to the president.
17 June 2013, 13:39 LBCI: Gunfire erupted in the vicinity of Jundallah's office in Tripoli's al-Zahriyeh.
17 June 2013, 12:34 National News Agency: The Cite Sportive road has been reopened after it was blocked in protest at the arrest of a man from the al-Jezzini family.
17 June 2013, 12:27 VDL (100.5): The Cite Sportive road has been blocked in protest at the arrest of two people in Tariq al-Jedideh.
17 June 2013, 12:17 PSP leader MP Walid Jumblat to al-Anbaa: Aren't we better off forming a national unity government instead of waiting for magical solutions that will not be achieved in Syria?
17 June 2013, 09:48 VDL (100.5): Army commander Gen. Jean Qahwaji briefed President Michel Suleiman on the security situation in the country, in particular, in the northern city of Tripoli.
17 June 2013, 08:33 VDL (100.5): President Suleiman held talks with caretaker PM Miqati.
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