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Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Monday that Lebanese authorities are following up with Turkey on the issue of the attacker who carried out the Istanbul nightclub massacre and killed 39 people including three Lebanese citizens.

A Middle East Airlines plane carrying the bodies of three Lebanese killed in Istanbul's nightclub massacre and five of the wounded arrived Monday evening at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport.

The Internal Security Forces on Monday arrested Lebanese national Ramzi al-Qadi for writing insults on his Twitter account against the victims of Istanbul's nightclub attack, state-run National News Agency reported.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq reassured Monday that security is “under control” in Lebanon, following the latest terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Berlin and some countries in the region.

A Hizbullah delegation held talks Monday in Bnashii with Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh, state-run National News Agency reported.

Israeli troops opened gunfire at a Lebanese fishing boat opposite the border area of Ras al-Naqoura, the Army Command Orientation Directorate said in a statement on Monday.
“At 4:32 a.m., the Israeli enemy opened gunfire at a Lebanese fishing boat inside the Lebanese regional waters opposite Ras al-Naqoura, without causing any injuries,” said the statement.

President Michel Aoun gave instructions on Monday to facilitate the transfer of Lebanese nationals wounded in the Istanbul attack, mainly the ones whose medical condition permits the continuation of treatment in Lebanon, the National News Agency reported.
Aoun, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil followed up on the efforts of the official mission dispatched to Turkey to look after the conditions of the three Lebanese who fell victim to the attack at nightclub Reina in Istanbul, NNA added.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi condemned on Monday the terror attack that targeted Turkey on New Year's eve, leaving many killed and wounded including Lebanese victims, the National News Agency reported.
Al-Rahi prayed for a speedy recovery for those who were wounded and injured, and patience for the families of the victims, NNA added.

State Minister for Combating Corruption Nicolas Tueni stressed on Monday that an “uprising” against corruption in Lebanon is needed, and hailed the intentions of President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri to fight it.
“There are some genuine political intentions from the President and Prime Minister's side to combat corruption. The situation requires an uprising,” Tueni told the VDL (100.5).
The bodies of Lebanese victims who were killed in the New Year's Eve massacre at an Istanbul nightclub, will be flown back to Lebanon on board a Middle East aircraft on Monday, the VDL (93.3) radio said quoting sources from Lebanon's consulate general in the Turkish city.
Other wounded Lebanese civilians whose medical condition permits their travel, will also be flown to Lebanon, the sources added.
