Report: March 14 Leaders to Skip Anniversary over Security Threats
Leaders of the March 14 alliance are expected to be absent from the coalition's eighth anniversary of the formation of the movement at the Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure Center (BIEL) on March 17.
Sources close to the March 14 General Secretariat told al-Liwaa newspaper published on Monday that the alliance's leaders will not be able to attend the celebration over security fears.
The sources pointed out that contacts are ongoing to settle which leaders will attend the ceremony.
They added that speeches at the event might only be limited to civil activists if Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea decided not to attend over security threats.
The coalition takes its name from the historic demonstration in downtown Beirut's Martyrs Square on March 14, 2005 that ultimately led to the withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon in the aftermath of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination.
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