Security forces ordered Lebanese citizens on Wednesday to place an identification card on their cars amid the security scare in the country following the recent bombings.
"We urge citizens who leave their cars in infrequent parking locations to put cards that identify the owners of these vehicles,” the general-directorate of the Internal Security Forces said in a released statement.
Full StoryEuropean Ambassador to Lebanon Angelina Eichhorst paid a visit on Wednesday morning to the scenes of blasts that took place in the Ruwais neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh and the northern city of Tripoli.
She later stressed after holding talks with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati the EU's strong support for Lebanon and all of its authorities against explosions that have targeted Dahieh and Tripoli.
Full StoryState Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr ordered on Wednesday the extension of the detention of suspects held over their connection to the twin bombings in the northern city of Tripoli on Friday, reported the National News Agency.
It said that he ordered that Sheikh Ahmed al-Gharib and Mustafa Houri's detention be extended for 24 hours over their links to the attacks.
Full StoryPresident Michel Suleiman called on Tuesday for sticking to the policy of dissociating Lebanon from the Syrian war and urged officials to hold onto the nation's interest.
“Suleiman reiterated his call on all political parties to adhere to the policy of dissociating Lebanon from the regional crises and their complications,” Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour said after attending a meeting on the Syrian refugees at Baabda palace.
Full StoryHizbullah stepped up its readiness and raised the level of preparations as the Western warships had entered the Mediterranean Sea, the Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper reported on Wednesday, pointing out that the party will not standstill and watch the axis of resistance in danger.
High-ranking sources in Hizbullah told the daily that the party's leadership is “closely following up the solo western decision which over-passed the U.N. Security Council.”
Full StoryCaretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati expressed hope on Wednesday that an expected western strike on Syria doesn't occur, pointing out that he will not call on the cabinet to “urgently” convene to tackle the matter.
“We are advocates of peace and stability in the region,” Miqati said in comments published in As Safir newspaper.
Full StoryThe Army Intelligence is questioning several suspects, including Lebanese nationals, in connection with the rocket attack on the town of Yarze in June, media reports said Wednesday.
“The Lebanese army conducted raids in Kesrouan and arrested the Lebanese national Sh. Sh., who hails from the town of Mairouba, in addition to the Lebanese citizens A. M. and A. A., who hail from Kesrouan, and the Syrians M. A., H. K., A. D., M. K., A. D. and A. K.,” al-Jadeed television quoted a security source as saying.
Full StorySpeaker Nabih Berri considered on Wednesday that Lebanese parties shouldn't depend on an “expected” attack on Syria by Western countries to achieve personal gains locally.
“There are principles that organize the ties between the Lebanese and they can't be modified,” Berri said in comments published in As Safir newspaper.
Full StoryFugitive Islamist cleric Ahmed al-Asir on Tuesday warned Christians that bombings might target their areas, citing Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's latest speech, in which he said that Takfiris might target any Lebanese region with the aim of inciting strife.
In a new audio recording uploaded to the Internet, Asir extended condolences to “our people in Tripoli, (Syria's) Ghouta and Egypt,” in reference to the twin bombings that left 45 people dead and more than 500 injured in the northern city and the alleged chemical attack near Damascus.
Full StoryFree Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday called for a change in the methods of “combating terrorism” in the country, slamming what he called the “chaos” that characterizes the relations among the various security agencies.
“Everyone knows that we had warned against the entry of Syrians and said that they must be registered because we can't host people whose political affiliations we don't know, even if they come from a neighboring country,” Aoun said after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc in Rabiyeh.
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