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Geagea Rejects Bids to Integrate Displaced Syrians in Lebanon

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea on Tuesday categorically rejected any bid to integrate the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, as the international community reportedly plans to adopt a policy that integrates them in host countries.

“Lebanon is not an empty land without people. Any thought or step towards keeping the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, even temporarily, is totally rejected,” said Geagea.

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Berri Says Meeting with Aoun ‘Excellent’

President Michel Aoun held talks on Tuesday with Speaker Nabih Berri at the Presidential Palace in Baabda where talks touched on several issues “without dwelling into details,” the State-run National News Agency reported.

“The meeting was more than excellent and we touched on all future topics without dwelling into details,” Berri told reporters after the meeting.

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Aoun, Officials Condemn Israeli Crimes Against Palestinians

President Michel Aoun and several lawmakers denounced on Tuesday Israel’s criminality against the Palestinian people in the wake of the inauguration of the United States embassy in Jerusalem.

Aoun took to Twitter and said: “The crimes go one and the guards continue to be absent...Palestine.”

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FPM Says Won’t ‘Renounce’ Social Affairs Ministry

The Free Patriotic Movement on Tuesday said it will not “renounce the Social Affairs Ministry” to another party, when the new government is formed, if a “clear” policy on the displacement of Syrians in Lebanon is not adopted.

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Report: Maarab Agreement Could Be in 'Jeopardy'

Repercussions of the parliamentary elections reflected negatively on the relations between the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces, amid reports that the Maarab Agreement between the two--which eventually brought the FPM founder Michel Aoun to the post of presidency--might be in jeopardy.

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Berri Chairs ‘Farewell’ Parliament Bureau Meeting

Speaker Nabih Berri chaired at his residence in Ain el-Tineh a “farewell” meeting of the Parliament Bureau before the legislature concludes on June 20 its mandate that extended over a nine-year period.

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Hizbullah Official Says Trump Embassy Decision ‘Worthless’

Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem stated that the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem was “worthless,” LBCI reported on Monday.

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Lebanon Set for Caretaker Government

Lebanon’s Cabinet is expected to convene on Wednesday to address several key files, including a controversial electricity file, before it turns into a caretaker government on May 20, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

The meeting will take place at the Baabda Palace to “tackle and place several files on the solution track before the government turns into a caretaker cabinet,” well-informed sources told the daily.

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Berri Says 'March 8 Not Seeking Bigger Govt Share'

Speaker Nabih Berri said that the so-called March 8 alliance is “not seeking a bigger share” in the upcoming government despite the favorable parliamentary elections outcome, noting that both alliances of March 8 and March 14 are “totally finished,” Saudi daily Asharq al-Awsat reported on Monday.

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Hariri Dissolves Election Commission, Coordinates over ‘Election Results’

Prime Minister and al-Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri decided to “dissolve the electoral campaign commission and Mustaqbal’s coordinators of Beirut, Bekaa, Koura and Zgharta,” over the latest “parliamentary election results.”

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