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Israeli Minister Warns Hizbullah after Threats to Hit Reactor

Israel warned Hizbullah on Thursday against attacking it after Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah threatened to strike Israel's nuclear reactor in any future war.

The comments by Nasrallah marked the first time his group explicitly threatened to target the reactor in the southern Israeli town of Dimona.

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Aoun: I Won't Allow Any Foreign Party to Interfere in Domestic Affairs

President Michel Aoun pledged Thursday that he “will not allow any foreign party to interfere in the Lebanese domestic affairs.”

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Lebanon Moves towards Scrapping Controversial Rape Law

A Lebanese parliamentary committee has forced a vote on scrapping a controversial law that allows rapists to escape punishment by marrying their victims, an NGO said Thursday.

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U.S. State Department Issues New Lebanon Travel Warning

The United States has issued a new Lebanon travel warning to its citizens, saying it “supersedes the Travel Warning issued on July 29, 2016.”

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Change and Reform Defends Aoun's Stances, Reveals Presence of 'Advanced' Electoral Law Proposal

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc on Thursday defended the latest stances of President Michel Aoun regarding Hizbullah's arms, while revealing that it is “awaiting answers” on an “advanced” electoral law proposal.

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Nasrallah Advises Israel to Dismantle Nuclear Reactor, Says Hizbullah Power, Aoun Stance Preventing War

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday called on Israel to “dismantle the Dimona nuclear reactor,” warning that it poses a threat to Israel's existence if hit by Hizbullah's missiles in any confrontation.

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Gemayel: Lebanon to Witness a Crisis after February 21

Kataeb Party leader MP Sami Gemayel stressed from the Grand Serail on Thursday, that Lebanon faces unfavorable options if political parties fail to agree on a new electoral law for the upcoming parliamentary polls before the deadline on February 21 to call the electorate bodies.

“If a new electoral law is not agreed before Feb. 21 it would mean that we are heading towards bad options,” said Gemayel, noting that shall elections be staged based on the controversial 1960 law it would call for an automated extension of the parliament term.

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Electricity Outage to Shrink in Return for Increase in Tariffs

Lebanon's electricity outage will be decreased three hours per day by the end of February, to be paralleled by a “slight” increase in electricity tariffs, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

Sources well-informed on Lebanon's longtime problematic electricity file, told the daily that a new supply program will increase power supply by 3 hours per day, starting at the end of February.

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Judge Charges Ten Suspects Linked to IS Group

Lebanon's judiciary charged ten suspected Palestinian and Lebanese militants with involvement with the Islamic State terror group, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.

Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr charged the ten suspects, three of whom are already in detention, on charges of involvement with the IS terror group, executing terror operations in Syria, planning to carry out terror assaults in Lebanon and assassination attempts of Lebanese officials, NNA added.

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Report: Jumblat Suggests New Electoral Law Format

As endeavors to endorse a new electoral law for the upcoming parliamentary polls stutter, Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat recently submitted to Speaker Nabih Berri a new draft law proposal that was kept away from media spotlight, media reports said on Thursday.

“Jumblat has submitted some general ideas about an electoral law that involves specific acceptable proportionality, agreeable for him, and very much unlike other formats that tend to marginalize some political components,” unnamed sources following up on electoral law discussions told al-Joumhouria daily.

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