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Reports: Bassil Meets Safa, ‘FPM-Hizbullah Alliance Ongoing’

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has reportedly met with Hizbullah coordination official Wafiq Safa in the past few days.

Well informed sources told ad-Diyar newspaper, in remarks published Monday, that the two officials have met for “open and frank” talks and discussed the recent “crisis” that occurred between the two parties after the Constitutional Council failed to issue a ruling on the appeal against the electoral law’s amendments.

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KSA-Led Coalition Says Hizbullah, Iran Aiding Huthi Strikes

The Saudi-led coalition on Sunday accused Iran and Hizbullah of helping Yemen's Huthi rebels to launch missiles and drones at the kingdom, where two people were killed.

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Aoun to Reportedly Voice 'Explosive' Remarks on Monday

President Michel Aoun will voice “explosive” remarks in his televised address on Monday and will tackle all the obstacles that marred his tenure since 2016 until today, Baabda Palace sources told said.

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Saudi-Led Coalition to Show 'Evidence' of Hizbullah Involvement in War

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has said it will present Sunday "evidence” of involvement of Lebanon's Hizbullah in Yemen and its use of Sanaa airport to “target the kingdom."

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Pope Urges Dialogue in Lebanon and Other Troubled Nations

Pope Francis prayed Saturday for an end to the coronavirus pandemic, using his Christmas Day address to urge health care for all, vaccines for the poor and for dialogue to prevail in resolving the world's conflicts.

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Report: Aoun Tells al-Rahi 'Something Bigger than State' Causing Deadlock

President Michel Aoun on Saturday told Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi that “there is something bigger than the state’s decisions that is restricting the course of things,” MTV reported.

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Miqati Meets Italian Minister, Says Determined to Reunite Govt.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati held talks Friday with visiting Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, who was accompanied by a delegation and by his country’s ambassador to Lebanon.

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Al-Rahi Slams 'Unilateral Will' that is 'Paralyzing Institutions'

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Friday lashed out at the parties that are imposing their “unilateral will” on state institutions to the extent of “confining and paralyzing” them.

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Dubai Police Seizes 'Captagon Lemons from Lebanon'

Dubai police said they have arrested four men "of Arab nationality" for trying to smuggle millions of dollars worth of captagon pills hidden in plastic lemons into the UAE.

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Port Blast Probe: What's the Snag?

Sixteen months since a monster blast ripped through the Lebanese capital, the judge investigating the tragedy has been beset by numerous lawsuits, mostly filed against him by officials demanding his removal.

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