Army chief briefs Cabinet on security situation in South

An ordinary Cabinet session kicked off Thursday morning at the presidential palace in Baabda.

At the beginning of the session, Army Commander General Rodolphe Haykal briefed the conferees on the security situation in south Lebanon and the course of the implementation of U.N. Securitry Council Resolution 1701.

Cabinet will discuss an ordinary agenda, while President Joseph Aoun will talk about the outcome of his visit to Qatar and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam will brief the conferees on the results of his visit to Syria.

The session was preceded by a closed-door meeting between Aoun and Salam that discussed the latest developments.