Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati lamented on Tuesday that any agreement on the formation of the new government would not be a radical solution to the country's crises.
“The situation in Lebanon has become largely intertwined with the complications of the situation in Syria,” Miqati said as he met Arab ambassadors based in Germany.
Full StoryA military examining magistrate issued on Tuesday an arrest warrant against Sheikh Omar al-Atrash for carrying out terrorist activities, the state-run National News Agency reported.
NNA said Judge Nabil Wehbe questioned al-Atrash over his role in transporting suicide bombers to Lebanon.
Full StoryThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon continued on Tuesday hearing the testimonies of various witnesses linked to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on February 14, 2005.
It listened to the testimony of Brigadier General Asaad Nohra who is an officer at the Internal Security Forces.
Full StoryCaretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel confirmed on Tuesday reports concerning the sighting of a suspicious drone over the residence of Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea in Maarab.
“The matter is not a joke... It's serious according to reports and it was seen with naked eye,” Charbel said in comments to Free Lebanon radio.
Full StoryAn Israeli bulldozer crossed on Tuesday the technical fence off the southern town of Rmeish under the protection of a military unit, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The bulldozer was to carry out scraping activities near the U.N.-drawn Blue Line, NNA said.
Full StoryA money-changer was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday by gunmen in al-Baddawi region in the northern city of Tripoli, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Thieves reportedly stole 30 million Syrian pound and $600,000 from Bassam Samih al-Ayyoubi at 7:00 a.m.
Full StoryThe United States condemned “in the strongest terms possible” the recent terrorist bombings that targeted the northeastern town of Hermel and Shwaifat, south of Beirut.
“We extend our deepest condolences to the victims and their families. It is reprehensible that the people of Lebanon have once again been subjected to these acts of terrorism,” said State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki.
Full StoryA two-hour meeting held between President Michel Suleiman and Premier-designate Tammam Salam on Monday signaled that the formation of the new government was imminent despite the alleged insistence of the Free Patriotic Movement to hold onto the energy and telecommunications portfolios.
Suleiman and Salam discussed the ministerial portfolios and ways to choose the names of new ministers in a 24-member cabinet based on the 8-8-8 formula, media reports said Tuesday.
Full StorySecurity Forces are mulling ways to confront an expected mass jailbreak by Islamists in Roumieh prison's bloc B, media reports said on Tuesday.
According to al-Joumhouria newspaper, Islamists in the Roumieh could easily breakout of the facility due to its fragile infrastructure.
Full StoryPolitical officials on Monday called for boosting cooperation among security agencies, in the wake of the suicide bombing that hit a passenger van in the Shwaifat area, the second bomb attack to rock Lebanon in three days.
President Michel Suleiman asked military, security and judicial authorities to “be strict in pursuing the instigators and perpetrators of the bombings that are taking place on Lebanese soil, in order to arrest them and refer them to the relevant judicial authorities.”
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