Center House Security Meeting Agrees on Firm Implementation of Tripoli Demos Ban
Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Thursday headed a security meeting at the Center House in downtown Beirut to discuss the latest security developments in the country.
The meeting tackled “the issue of Tripoli’s demos, the incident that happened in Tyre when security forces tried to remove illegal construction violations, the issue of the kidnap of the seven Estonian citizens and the measures taken by the army and the Internal Security Forces to preserve security and stability,” Hariri’s press office said in a statement.
Caretaker Interior Minister Ziad Baroud, Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji, ISF chief Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi and head of ISF’s Intelligence Bureau Wissam al-Hasan attended the meeting.
The conferees agreed during the meeting on the need to “strictly implement the resolution of the north Lebanon branch of the national security council on banning demonstrations in Tripoli.”
They also agreed that “the army and the security forces should take all measures necessary to implement the aforementioned resolution and deal firmly with any party that tries to breach the ban ... and prosecute anyone seeking to undermine security and stability amid the critical situations Lebanon and the region are going through.”
The meeting also tackled the security incidents that happened in some areas in the South and Beirut’s southern suburbs. The conferees agreed on opening a probe into the incidents, stressing that security forces should continue performing their duties in terms of prosecuting violators and preventing the violation of public and private property.
Hariri and the officials also discussed the issue of the seven Estonians kidnapped last month in the Bekaa valley and the measures taken by the army and the security forces to hunt the abductors and rescue the abductees.
“The security officials briefed PM Hariri on the ongoing measures in this regard,” according to Hariri’s press office.
Lebanese authorities on Wednesday banned rallies for or against Syria's ruling regime, as pan-Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir insisted it would go ahead with a Friday demonstration in the northern city of Tripoli in support of Syrian protesters.
"We have decided not to approve any requests for demonstrations as they fail to meet legal conditions," the north Lebanon branch of the national security council, grouping security bodies and local governors, said in a statement.
Meanwhile, two civilians were shot dead and two others wounded Thursday by police gunfire in a clash over the illegal construction of houses in the southern port city of Tyre.
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