Israel is ready to launch a military operation in Syria against Lebanon's Hizbullah and its allies should a real threat to Israel arise there, Israeli Ambassador to Russia Gary Koren has said.
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Hizbullah and AMAL Movement consider any parliamentary vacuum in the country a “red line” that should not be reached, a media report said on Sunday.
Full StoryFormer Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi slammed “Hizbullah's armed manifestation” in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday, saying it confirms the “state's resignation in favor of statelets,” his media office said in a statement on Saturday
“Although Lebanon's security forces are capable of uprooting drug dealers and contraband promoters, we instead saw yesterday a manifestation that confirms the State's resignation in favor of statelets,” said Rifi in his statement.
Full StoryMinister of Education Marwan Hamadeh said on Saturday he was considering resigning from his post but decided otherwise upon the wishes of MP Walid Jumblat and his colleagues at the Democratic Gathering bloc.
Hamadeh explained that mulling resignation stemmed from the “heavy toll that partisan and sectarian pressure took on ministerial work,” adding that he is disappointed by the new term's (of President Michel Aoun) failure to act upon reforms.
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Former Prime Minister Najib Miqati was marveled on Saturday at the verbal campaign launched against a letter sent to the Arab Summit by five Lebanese presidents including himself, but assured that he stands by Hizbullah's fight against Israel saying “it is up to the party” to boycott him.
Full StoryOne of the two Syrians killed on Thursday in a blast in the Bekaa border town of Arsal is likely an Islamic State militant, while two of the wounded were smuggled outside the hospital where they were getting treatment, the pan Arab al-Hayat daily reported on Saturday.
A senior Lebanese security source who spoke on condition of anonymity told the daily that one of two Syrians killed in the blast that ripped through a pickup truck in Arsal is likely a member of the IS militant group.
Full StoryHizbullah party expressed dismay at a letter sent by five Lebanese Presidents and Prime Ministers to the Arab summit in Jordan, ahead of President Michel Aoun's travel to take part in the summit, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.
The party likened the letter “to a meeting held at the US embassy in Awkar during the 2006 July war between some Lebanese leaders and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, when the US was seeking to stop the war, while some of those leaders were enthusiastic about its continuation,” according to the daily.
Full StoryHizbullah party is set to dispatch a delegation to the Presidential Palace to convey the party's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's “appreciation” for President Michel Aoun's stance at the Arab summit in Jordan, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.
After Aoun's return from Jordan, the President has reportedly received a telephone call from Nasrallah expressing his deep appreciation for Aoun's position, something which has not been confirmed by either parties, said the daily.
Full StoryLebanon will present a comprehensive plan to help alleviate the enormous burden of Syrian refugees at an upcoming Syria conference in Brussels, but needs urgent international support to avoid collapse, Prime Minister Saad Hariri said.
Speaking to a group of journalists ahead of the April 5 European conference in Brussels on supporting the future of Syria, Hariri warned on Friday that Lebanon faces serious security and economic issues and has reached breaking point.
Full StoryProgressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed Friday that he will not accept any electoral law that "divides the Lebanese."
"An electoral system that divides the Lebanese and terminates partnership and diversity cannot be accepted," Jumblat tweeted.
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