Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc hoped Tuesday that the dialogue with Hizbullah will be a starting point for ending the presidential void, stressing that it “completely rejects” the stances of Iranian Speaker Ali Larijani about the state and Hizbullah.
Full StoryThe Change and Reform bloc welcomed on Tuesday “any dialogue between the political forces in Lebanon.”
Former Minister Salim Jreissati hailed after the bloc's weekly meeting the expected Mustaqbal Movement – Hizbullah dialogue, saying that bloc chief MP Michel Aoun had been open to the Movement.
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U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale announced Tuesday that his country stands ready to assist Lebanon in “the transformation to an oil and gas producing country.”
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Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil made a sudden inspection visit Tuesday to the Customs department at the Beirut Port, unveiling “scandals” which he said would disclose in the near future.
Full StoryHizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem called on the government on Tuesday to lead the mediation regarding the case of abducted servicemen, stressing that the negotiation channels should unite.
“The release of the captives is a noble goal that we should all be seeking,” Qassem told reporters after a meeting with the families of the hostages, who were taken captive by the al-Qaida-affiliate al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State group after they overran the northeastern border town of Arsal.
Full StoryHealth Minister Wael Abou Faour described on Tuesday food storage areas at the Rafik Hariri International Airport as a “barn” and “death chambers for the citizens' health.”
“You feel you are entering a dump when you go into the depots,” he said during a joint press conference with Public Works and Transport Minister Ghazi Zoaiter.
Full StoryLebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea considered on Tuesday the flurry of political activity that the Lebanese capital is witnessing to press the election of a new head of state “useless.”
“The election of a new head of state is a mere Lebanese process that relies on the parliamentary blocs,” Geagea said in an interview with the Saudi newspaper al-Jazirah, lashing out at the two blocs that are impeding the process, the Free Patriotic Movement and its ally Hizbullah.
Full StoryThe customs at Rafik Hariri International Airport thwarted an attempt to smuggle 14 kilograms of cocaine to Lebanon, the state-run National News Agency reported on Tuesday.
NNA said that customs agents found the drugs with a 22-year-old Brazilian passenger who arrived to Beirut at dawn via Abu Dhabi.
Full StoryA woman and six children survived on Tuesday after their car drifted off the road and plunged into the sea on Tripoli's Qalamoun highway.
The state-run National News Agency reported that the woman was slightly injured and admitted to al-Ninni hospital in Tripoli.
Full StoryHizbullah secretary-general's political aide Hussein Khalil stressed on Tuesday that the party has been holding onto its stances for the past three years.
“Our hand is always extended to our partners in the country,” Khalil said in an interview with al-Akhbar newspaper.
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