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Report: Ahead of FPM's Street Protests, Security Forces Tell Aoun Stability a Red Line

Lebanon's security forces informed the Free Patriotic Movement and parties planning for streets rallies later this month that tampering with the country's stability is “impermissible,” al-Liwaa daily reported on Wednesday.

Security Forces told the FPM and the parties concerned, that tampering with the street is not allowed whether through blocking the roads, or constraining the free movement of citizens or attacking the ministries and public departments, according to the daily.

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Public Transportation Drivers Stage Sit-Ins, Block Roads to Capital

Public transportation drivers blocked different roads around Lebanon on Wednesday some leading to the entrances of the capital Beirut protesting the government's failure to meet their long-time demands and a decision to privatize the Mechanical Inspection Authority.

The drivers began their moves in the early hours and blocked the Tripoli-Beirut highway in the north at the Qalamoun area, the seaside road and the Zahle-Ferzol highway.

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Hizbullah and Mustaqbal Urge Parties to 'Communicate to Find Solutions'

Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal Movement stressed during their 34th dialogue session on Tuesday the need for “communication” among the various political parties.

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Several Hurt in Lebanese-Syrian Armed Clash in Dawhat Aramoun

An armed clash broke out Tuesday evening between a number of Lebanese and Syrian nationals in Dawhat Aramoun, an area that lies around 22 kilometers south of Beirut, state-run National News Agency reported.

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Hollande Tells Salam Paris in Contact with All Parties over Presidential Vote

French President Francois Hollande told Prime Minister Tammam Salam during a New York meeting on Tuesday that Paris will maintain its contacts with all parties to press for the election of a president in Lebanon, media reports said.

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Mustaqbal Clings to Franjieh, Urges Others to Make Initiatives

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc stressed Tuesday that al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri is still clinging to the presidential nomination of Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh.

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Change and Reform 'Won't Back Down' from Escalation: We Won't Allow Abolition of National Pact

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc emphasized Tuesday that it “will not back down” from its promised escalation, warning that “the abolition of the National Pact is equivalent to the abolition of Lebanon.”

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Salam Says Syrian Refugees 'Won't be Forcibly Deported'

Prime Minister Tammam Salam stressed Tuesday that the Syrian refugees in Lebanon will not be “forcibly deported,” a day after he urged the U.N. to devise a plan for the “safe return” of refugees to their country and for the redistribution of some of them to other countries.

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Lebanese IT Expert Zakka Gets 10-Year Iran Prison Sentence

A Lebanese citizen and U.S. permanent resident detained for a year in Iran over spying allegations has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and a $4.2 million fine, his supporters said Tuesday, the latest move in a crackdown on those with foreign ties following last year's nuclear deal.

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General Strike in Ain el-Hilweh Protests Recurrent Killings

Residents in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in Sidon, held a general strike on Tuesday in protest to the recurrent killings in the camp the latest was against Palestinian Simon Taha who was killed Monday night in the al-Fawqani street, the National News Agency reported.

UNRWA schools, business , health and social institutions were closed. The main road in the al-Tahtani street was blocked in condemnation of the crimes “targeting the security and stability of Ain al-Hilweh camp,” added NNA.

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