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Aoun to Iraqi TV: Israel Not Permitted to Infringe on Lebanon Decision to Defend its Border

President Michel Aoun stressed in an interview on the Iraqi Alsumaria TV network on Friday that the current border dispute between Lebanon and Israel “does not allow Israel to cross the border because there is a Lebanese decision to defend these land and sea borders.”

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UNIFIL Slams Israeli Blames, Affirms Strategic Partnership with Lebanese Army

UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti slammed Israeli media reports accusing the peacekeeping forces of failing to carry out their duties, saying the reports are “inaccurate,” the National News Agency reported on Friday.

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Report: New U.S. Bill Increases Sanctions on Hizbullah

U.S. sanctions against Hizbullah is back in the spotlight following a proposal reportedly put forward by two U.S. MPs at the House of Representatives for a bill that “increases pressure and sanctions on the party,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.

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Report: Saudi Arabia Seeks to 'Warm Ties Again' with Lebanon

Saudi Arabia is expected to dispatch an envoy to Lebanon to discuss with officials the future of the Saudi-Lebanese relations, thus resuming its “role and interest” in the Mediterranean country after a brief tension in ties following PM Saad Hariri's resignation from Riyadh, reports said on Friday.

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Tony Franjieh Says Doesn't Want to be a Minister

Tony Franjieh, the son of Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh who will replace him in the upcoming parliamentary race, announced Thursday that he not seeking to become a minister in the next government.

“I'm not obliged with my father's political alliances but I'm convinced of them at the beginning of my political journey. I believe that these friendships serve the country's interest,” Franjieh said in his first ever TV interview, aired by LBCI television.

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EU Ambassador Meets Syrian Refugee Families in Bekaa

EU Ambassador to Lebanon Christina Lassen visited Thursday the Bekaa region to meet with Syrian refugee families benefiting from EU assistance.

The visit was organized by the EU's humanitarian aid department, ECHO, together with the World Food Program and International Rescue Committee, a statement issued by the EU Delegation to Lebanon said.

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ISF Liberates Kidnapped Syrian Girl

Agents from the Intelligence Branch of the Internal Security Forces on Thursday managed to liberate a Syrian toddler girl who was kidnapped in the morning from the Bekaa town of Barelias.

An ISF statement said the two captors were arrested in a “special operation” and that no ransom was paid.

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UK Home Secretary Stresses 'Commitment to a Strong and Stable Lebanon'

UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd has stressed “commitment to a strong and stable Lebanon,” in a statement issued following her visit to Lebanon on February 19.

It was the Cabinet Minister’s first visit to the country since assuming her post in 2016. Rudd met Interior Minister Nouhad al-Machnouq and discussed the two countries’ “strong bilateral relations,” the British embassy said in a statement. This follows a visit by Machnouq to the UK to meet the former Home Secretary, Theresa May, in 2016.

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Geagea Urges 'Military Intervention' to Stop Ghouta 'Massacre'

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Thursday called on the international community to “intervene militarily to stop the massacre against civilians” in Syria's Eastern Ghouta region.

“What's happening in Eastern Ghouta is a hallmark of shame for the entire humanity. No matter what the reasons, excuses or alibis may be, nothing justifies the premeditated mass killing of innocent civilians with all types of heavy weapons,” Geagea said in a written statement.

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Hariri Vows to Finalize State Budget Next Week

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Thursday vowed to finalize the 2018 state budget next week.

“I will work on finalizing the state budget next week,” Hariri told MTV after a meeting for a ministerial committee tasked with studying the draft state budget.

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