Salam in a Speedy Cabinet Session: Security Situation Thoroughly Followed
Prime Minister Tammam Salam stressed on Tuesday during a speedy cabinet session that the security developments in Lebanon is being thoroughly followed.
“The security situation in the country is being followed and it will be discussed on Thursday,” Information Minister Ramzi Jreij said after the government session.
He pointed out that the session focused on the financial situation in the country, adding that the numbers showed an increase in the financial deficit.
“Today's session only discussed the country's financial status,” Jreij said, pointing out that Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil presented a detailed analysis for the economic situation in the country.
The security situation deteriorated along the Lebanese-Syrian border after troops clashed with Syrian rebels in the area on August 2 after the army detained a leading jihadist.
It ended with a truce negotiated by Muslim clerics, but the jihadists withdrew from the area taking 24 policemen and soldiers hostage.
Arsal lies 12 kilometers from the border with Syria.
There are fears that the situation along the border would have an impact on the whole country.
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