Suleiman Cancels Vacation after Receiving 'Worrying Information' on Security Situation
President Michel Suleiman canceled a scheduled vacation in light of the recent security developments in Lebanon, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Monday.
It said that he canceled his plans after receiving “worrying information” on the security situation in the country from the Internal Security Forces.
He had also held talks on the situation with Army Intelligence chief Edmond Fadel on Saturday.
Suleiman hailed the security agencies for their efforts in apprehending suspects linked to various security incidents that had taken place in Lebanon in the past few months, hoping that the perpetrators of Thursday's Ruwais bombing will be uncovered.
The president was scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia on Sunday on a brief visit ahead of a holiday to Europe.
Thirty people were killed and 336 wounded in a bombing in Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahieh on Thursday.
On Saturday afternoon, security agencies seized a car filled with 250 kilograms of explosives near the municipality building in the Naameh region in southern Lebanon.
At least three people detained by the General Security Directorate confessed that they were planning to detonate the car in an undisclosed location in Lebanon.
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