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Geagea met Girard, Representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), for tackle refugee affairs

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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea met on Monday in Meerab with the Representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lebanon Mireille Girard, accompanied by her Lebanese affairs’ Advisor, Dominique Tohme, with talks reportedly touching on the current situation of Syrian displaced people in Lebanon and the need to assist them pending their safe return to their homeland. Talks also touched on UNHCR’s assistance in support of the infrastructure of Lebanon as a country hosting at home about a million and a half Syrian refugees.

Hariri asks Bassil to inform UNSC about Israeli threats

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The President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri chaired this afternoon at the Grand Serail a meeting of the Council of ministers, a statement by the Prime Minister’s office indicated on Monday.  Although the session was dedicated to the discussion of the draft budget, Prime Minister Hariri said at the beginning of the meeting: “The repeated threats by officials in the Israeli government, and in the media, against the civilians in Lebanon and their legitimate institutions and infrastructure aim at covering up Israel’s constant violations of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, while Lebanon abides by it and calls for its full implementation”. He added: “I ask the Foreign minister (GebranBassil) to prepare a list of these Israeli official stances announced in the media, and prepare a detailed letter about them to the UN Security Council so that the international community shoulders its responsibility in facing this deliberate tautening and this unconcealed threat to regional stability”.

US ill-conceived policies root cause of tensions in region

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Iranian Foreign Ministry, Bahram Ghasemi, dismissed the head of the US Central Command’s biased and anti-Iran remarks, saying Washington’s wrong policies are the root causes of instability and tensions in the region. He added that the history of US presence in the historical and cultural region is full of irrational and abusive behavior which are the main source of formation of Takfiri terrorism and extremism. Claiming that Iran’s influence is the most significant threat to Middle East security, the Head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) General Joseph Votel told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that Iran “aspires to be a regional hegemon and its forces and proxies oppose US interests in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Gaza and Syria, and seek to hinder achievement of US objectives in Afghanistan and some Central Asian States”.

 

Lebanese industry Minister urges businessmen to accept government measures to restore trade balance

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Industry Minister, Hussein Hajj Hassan, called on Lebanese investors, businessmen, and merchants to accept the government’s adopted measures to safeguard the domestic industry and to protect Lebanese products. The Minister wished of Lebanon’s “friends and brothers” to take these measures into account as they “do not target any country maintaining economic and trade relations with Lebanon”. The Minister also asked of accredited Ambassadors to Lebanon to relay “a real picture of the situation of the Lebanese economy to their governments”.

FAO launches two projects for boosting agriculture

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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Tuesday launched, in association with the Dutch Embassy and Agriculture Ministry, two projects relevant to boosting agricultural livelihood through investment in repairing lands and improving the agricultural education system, in presence of Public Works and Transportation Minister Ghazi Zaeter and the Dutch Ambassador. The Dutch Ambassador hailed the projects as enhancing means to confront crises.

Elie Aoun: Lebanon's sacrifices for the Palestinian cause led to civil war

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Member of the Democratic Gathering, MP Elie Aoun, told Free Lebanon radio on Saturday that the many sacrifices Lebanon has made for the Palestinian cause led the country into civil war; thus, Palestinian factions are now required to cooperate with the Lebanese State to limit security breaches in refugee camps. Aoun argued that Palestinian factions refused to hand over their camps’ security to the Lebanese Army under the pretext that such a matter required dialogue with the State, army and security forces. The issue that required internal dialogue was the weapons of Hezbollah. Once such dialogue took place, a security strategy, which preserved the dignity of the Lebanese army, could be reached.

Hezballah denounces Damascus explosion, calls to unify efforts to get rid of terrorism gangs

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Hezballah condemned in a statement issued on Saturday “the brutal crime against the innocent persons near Damascus this morning, which killed dozens and injured more than a hundred of visitors to the holy shrines”. The statement called to unify efforts to get rid of those terrorist gangs that are used by International and regional forces to carry out savage projects which aim to crumble the region and kill the resistance spirit in it. The statement concluded by paying condolences to the families of the victims, wishing quick recovery to the injured persons.

Joseph Aoun, Army Commander pledged to boost the military's capabilities to defend Lebanon

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Newly-appointed Army Commander General Joseph Aoun on Thursday pledged to boost the military’s capabilities and to do everything in his capacity so that the army remains “the certain guarantee for Lebanon’s unity, sovereignty, independence and dignity. I will employ all my efforts, expertise and knowledge to continue what you started in terms of boosting the military institution’s capabilities in personnel, equipment, arming and training to maintain its readiness, under any circumstances, to defend Lebanon in the face of its enemies, topped by the Israeli enemy on the southern border and terrorism and its cells on the eastern border and in any region of the country”, Aoun told his predecessor, General Jean Qahwaji, during a handover ceremony in Yarze. Aoun also vowed to “exert utmost efforts and employ all possible means in order to liberate the troops that are being held captive by the terrorist groups (Islamic State)”.

Three wounded in al-Beddawi camp armed clash

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Three people were wounded Wednesday when a personal dispute escalated into an armed clash at the al-Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, state-run National News Agency reported. The wounded were transferred to hospitals in Tripoli for treatment as the camp’s joint security committees were trying to contain the situation, NNA said. “A state of anxiety and tension is engulfing the camp”, the agency added, noting that the leaders of the Palestinian factions were holding a meeting at the headquarters of the Popular Committee.

Saudi King trip to Lebanon set aside over Aoun's Pro-Hizbullah remarks

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Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz has canceled a scheduled trip to Lebanon this month amid reports claiming that statements made by President Michel Aoun about Hizbullah’s arms were to blame, media reports said on Monday. The King had plans to visit Lebanon in March to “interpret the Saudi leadership’s desire in helping the Lebanese state and encourage it to fulfill its Arab and international obligations, and the settlement that ended the presidential vacuum”, said An Nahar daily.Saudi sources told the daily “the visit was supposed to give Lebanon a strong moral and political boost from the Kingdom and Gulf states as well, and open the doors wide for unconditional return of Arab and Gulf tourists to Beirut. It was to be accompanied by tangible economic support for the Lebanese state”. After his election as president in November, ending more that two years of presidential vacuum, Aoun visited Saudi Arabia in January on a mission to patch up ties after a tense year which saw Saudi Arabia freeze the aid deal over what it said was the dominance of Hizbullah. Analysts say Saudi Arabia was hoping for a more stable Lebanon, after concerns over the role played by Hizbullah in the Lebanese government and the threat posed by jihadists and the war in neighboring Syria.

 

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