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Finance Ministry denies 'hiding' A&M report on BDL audit

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday denied accusations that it has “hidden” a report submitted by the Alvarez & Marsal international auditing firm.

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Sharafeddine optimistic on repatriation of Syrian refugees

Caretaker Minister of the Displaced Issam Sharafeddine has expressed optimism on the possibility of launching practical steps for the repatriation of Syrian refugees to their country, following a visit that he made to Damascus in the weekend at the request of caretaker PM Najib Mikati.

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ISF foils attempts to smuggle captagon to Gulf via Kinshasa

The Internal Security Forces on Tuesday announced thwarting an attempt to smuggle around 450,000 captagon pills from Beirut’s port to Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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FPM denies Bassil requested to meet Nasrallah, Assad

The Free Patriotic Movement on Tuesday denied that its chief Jebran Bassil has requested meetings with Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

“Some media outlets are continuing to publish totally baseless reports aimed at distorting the image of the FPM and its chief Jebran Bassil, including what a newspaper mentioned about the FPM leader requesting a meeting that was rejected by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,” the FPM said in a statement.

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Report: Le Drian to meet Azour in Paris

French special envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian will meet with presidential candidate Jihad Azour in Paris in the coming days, a local media report said.

Le Drian had arrived last week in Beirut to end a political impasse that has left the country without a president for more than seven months. He met with officials, party heads and other politicians.

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Hezbollah says Israeli drone had travelled around 7 km into Lebanon

Israel's military spokesman Avichay Adraee has said in a tweet that a drone crashed in Lebanon when an Israeli force was performing routine activities.

The spokesman added in Arabic that there were no concerns of information being leaked.

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U.S. Embassy celebrates Fair Trade Lebanon’s BIEEL project success

U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Richard Michaels has celebrated the successful implementation of the “Business Innovation and Enhance Exports in Lebanon (BIEEL)” at a closing event in the presence of Fair Trade Lebanon President Sami Abdel Malak, Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Louis Lahoud representatives from the industrialist association, chambers of commerce and the U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) team, MEPI Coordinator David Lewis and MEPI Program Manager Maya Barhouche, SMEs and local enterprises.

"MEPI, through the $2.5 million BIEEL project implemented by Fair Trade Lebanon, helped 100 Lebanese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and cooperatives produce and promote Fair Trade Certified products, and provide access to international export markets," the U.S. Embassy in Beirut said in a statement.

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Report: Le Drian discussed three points with Hezbollah

French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian discussed “three points” with Hezbollah during his visit last week to Lebanon, sources close to the Shiite Duo said.

Below are the three points as reported Monday by al-Liwaa newspaper:

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Hezbollah shoots down Israeli drone near southern border

Hezbollah said its fighters shot down on Monday an Israeli drone that was flying near the border and over southern Lebanon.

The group gave no further details about the type of the drone that it claimed was downed near the village of Zibqin just north of the border with Israel. There was no immediate comment from Israel.

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Report: Le Drian didn't know Lebanese situation is 'that bad'

French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian has told his Lebanese “friends” that prior to his visit to Lebanon he had not imagined that “the situation would be this bad,” admitting that he “didn’t find any common ground among the political forces,” a media report said.

Al-Akhbar newspaper added that Le Drian asked Suleiman Franjieh’s allies during his meetings about “the way to secure Franjieh’s election as president.”

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