Elie Azar al-Maalouf, the candidate backed by the March 8 forces, was elected on Sunday as the new head of the Lebanese Dental Association, state-run National News Agency reported.
Maalouf ran against the March 14-backed candidate George Tahini.
Full StoryThe Higher Defense Council convened at the Baabda Palace on Sunday in order to discuss the latest round of clashes in the northern city of Tripoli.
Council spokesman Major General Adnan Merheb announced after the meeting: “The conferees addressed the security situation in Tripoli and the measures taken by the army in the city.”
Full StoryMaronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on officials from the northern city of Tripoli to exercise efforts to end the clashes in the city.
He urged during his Sunday sermon “the residents of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen to halt the cycle of violence and reach reconciliation.”
Full StoryThe army on Sunday deployed heavily in the Tripoli neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen and its entrances, ending the deployment of gunmen there, in the first phase of its plan to restore security in Tripoli, state-run National News Agency reported, after six people were killed and 40 others wounded on Sunday alone.
“The second phase will be the deployment of the army in Bab al-Tabbaneh and all the frontiers of the clashes,” NNA said.
Full StoryThe funeral of late Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim of Antioch and all the East was be held in Beirut on Sunday ahead of being laid to rest in Damascus, Syria.
The funeral was held at noon at Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Beirut's Ashrafiyeh district and attended by a number of politicians, including President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister Najib Miqati.
Full StoryThe corpses of three Lebanese fighters killed in Syria's Tall Kalakh were retrieved from Syria on Sunday.
The corpses were returned to Lebanon through the Arida border-crossing in the North.
Full StoryMarch 14 MP Marwan Hamadeh announced that officials from the camp are set to meet again in order to discuss the recent consultations held with Speaker Nabih Berri aimed at revitalizing parliament activity, reported An Nahar daily on Sunday.
He told the daily that the heads of parliamentary committees and members of the parliament bureau will meet for a second time to take a united stand on the resumption of parliamentary work.
Full StoryMustaqbal bloc MP Ammar Houri urged the Higher Defense Council to tackle the case of MPs who had received death threats in October, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday.
The council was scheduled to convene on Sunday, with the MP demanding that it tackle the case of the 15 officials who received the threats through mobile phone text messages.
Full StoryThe General Prosecution filed a lawsuit on Saturday against Abdul Latif Fneish, brother of Minister of State for Administrative Reform Mohammad Fneish for being involved in the illegal drugs scandal, al-Jadeed television reported.
“Abdul Latif Fneish will be tried for forging medications,” al-Jadeed said.
Full StoryPrime Minister Najib Miqati said on Saturday that he tackled during talks with Speaker Nabih Berri the latest developments locally, state-run National News Agency reported.
“The meeting tackled the general situation in Lebanon including the electoral law,” Miqati told reporters after meeting with Berri in Ain el-Tineh.
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