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Hajj Hassan Tells Cabinet 'Red Line' Crossed as Banks Reportedly Suspend 2 Hizbullah MPs' Accounts

A Hizbullah minister warned during a cabinet session Thursday that a “red line” was crossed, after two Lebanese banks reportedly suspended three Hizbullah-linked accounts in conformity with a U.S. sanctions law.

“Two Lebanese banks have suspended the accounts of two Loyalty to Resistance bloc MPs and the account of the daughter of an ex-MP who was in the bloc,” MTV and LBCI reported.

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Saqr Files Charges against Five People for IS Affiliation

Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr charged five people with belonging to the Islamic State terror group, the state-run National News Agency said on Thursday.

The suspects include a Lebanese and a Syrian who have been detained previously, NNA said.

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Salam: Successful Municipal Elections Demonstrate Ability to Elect President

Prime Minister Tammam Salam stated on Thursday that the success in holding the municipal elections have thwarted allegations against the Lebanese incompetency in staging the process in a peaceful and civilized manner.

“The state and its institutions are capable of running and protecting the most challenging electoral difficulties. The municipal and mayoral elections have dropped claims that the Lebanese are incapable of holding the municipal elections,” said Salam in a speech delivered at the Arab Economic Forum held in Beirut.

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Gunmen Shoot Down a Man in Arsal

Unknown assailants opened fire at a man in the northeastern town of Arsal and injured him, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.

Two masked gunmen on a motorcycle shot Omar Mohammed al-Hujeiri, 41, aka Omar al-Antar, on the al-Jamaleh road in Arsal, said NNA.

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Report: Hariri Evades Challenge in Tripoli Municipal Elections, Plans to Meet Miqati

Al-Mustaqbal Movement chief MP Saad Hariri and former Prime Minister Najib Miqati are set to meet at a “neutral venue” to discuss the upcoming municipal elections in the northern city of Tripoli, al-Akhbar daily reported on Thursday.

The two men are to meet either at the Grand Serail in Tripoli or at the residence of PM Tammam Salam.

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Report: Berri to Shun By-Elections in Jezzine

Speaker Nabih Berri might not engage in the by-parliamentary election battle in the southern area of Jezzine against the candidate of the Free Patriotic Movement, al-Akhbar daily reported on Thursday.

“Berri, who supports Ibrahim Azar the son of a former MP, might not wage a battle against the FPM candidate, Amal Abou Zeid, in Jezzine's parliamentary by-elections,” March 8 sources told the daily on condition of anonymity.

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Mustaqbal Says Beirut Vote Proved It's 'the Only Political Movement that Transcends Sects'

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc boasted Tuesday that Mustaqbal succeeded in protecting “Christian-Muslim parity” in Beirut's municipal polls, a day after Mustaqbal leader ex-PM Saad Hariri accused electoral allies of voting for the rival Beirut Madinati list.

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Beirut Madinati Says Got 40% of Vote, Denies Receiving Votes from Political Parties

The Beirut Madinati list of independents announced Tuesday that it received 40% of the vote in the capital's municipal polls, denying claims that it received votes from certain political parties.

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Hariri Says Parties Represented in Beirutis List Voted for Other Lists

Al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri on Monday accused some parties who nominated some candidates on the Mustaqbal-led Beirutis List of “voting for other lists” in the capital's municipal elections that were held Sunday.

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Al-Rahi Discusses Presidency, Syrian Refugees with Hollande

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi helds talks Monday in Paris with French President Francois Hollande and talks tackled the issues of Lebanon's presidential void and the Syrian refugee crisis.

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