Aoun, Salam to soon put Dahr al-Baidar case on cabinet's agenda
President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam have reached a conclusion that they should soon place the issue of referring the Dahr al-Baidar case to the Judicial Council on the agenda of an upcoming cabinet session, MTV reported on Friday.
A Hezbollah truck has been stopped at the Dahr al-Baidar checkpoint, on the main highway linking Beirut to the eastern Bekaa Valley, earlier this month. It was carrying 780 kilograms of explosives, including 250 kilograms of TNT and 250 kilograms of C-4 plastic explosives, according to judicial officials.
The seizure sparked heated public debate, with many accusing Hezbollah of planning to assassinate domestic opponents as it faces mounting pressure to disarm. The group however said that the explosives were meant for defending against Israel.
The government outlawed Hezbollah's military activities hours after the group fired rockets into northern Israel on March 2, triggering a war that killed nearly 4,000 people in Lebanon and left Israeli forces occupying a large swath of the country's south.
Hezbollah fired the rockets two days after Israel and the United States launched a war on Iran, its main backer.
The group has refused to recognize the government's decision.
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