Report: Salam Urged to Convene Cabinet to Follow up on Security Situation

Prime Minister Tammam Salam received on Thursday a series of calls urging him to hold cabinet to session in order to stay abreast the latest security developments in Lebanon in wake of the Bourj al-Barajneh bombing, reported An Nahar daily on Friday.

Ministerial sources told the daily that the premier received numerous calls demanding that the government urgently convene to confront the repercussions of Thursday's bombing.

Salam responded that he will carry out the necessary consultations before taking any measure.

The prime minister had held closed-door talks with Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday on the margins of the legislative session as soon as news of the bombing broke out.

The officials addressed the possible measures that need to be taken to confront the attack that may jeopardize the internal harmony that was achieved in recent days that led to holding the legislative session, said the sources.

Twin suicide bombings rocked a busy shopping street Thursday in the Beirut southern suburb of Bourj al-Barajneh, killing 43 people and wounding 239 others, in the worst such attack in years.

The attack was carried out by two suicide bombers who blew up their explosive vests in the Ain al-Sikkeh street.

The Islamic State extremist group later claimed responsibility for the bombing.