President Michel Aoun tweeted Wednesday that “innocents do not fear the judiciary.”
He added that “those who put themselves in the accusation position mustn't blame those who think badly of them.”
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The Lebanese Judges Association warned Wednesday against judicial politicization, urging the politicians to stop interfering in the Judiciary and to “let the judicial path go on without abuse.”
They said in a statement that “Lebanese politicians tend to destroy anything they deal with.”
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Minister of Justice Henry Khoury warned Wednesday against turning the port blast case into a “judicial drama.”
Khoury felt sorry for the “unprecedented violation of the sanctity of the Palace of Justice.”
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George Kordahi was popular among TV viewers in the Middle East for his dapper charm. He schmoozed with beautiful women, dropped jokes and recited lines of Arabic poetry — all the while weighing in with his political opinions about the region's events.
Now the former host of the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is Lebanon's information minister, and those opinions have landed Kordahi at the center of his country's worst-ever crisis with Saudi Arabia.
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Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki’s visit to Lebanon on Monday was “fully coordinated” with Saudi Arabia, media reports said on Tuesday.
“This effort was preceded by communication between the Arab League’s secretary-general and the Saudi foreign minister, who was briefed on the atmosphere of the endeavor,” sources informed on the Arab League’s move told al-Liwaa newspaper, adding that Riyadh had “welcomed” the visit.
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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has vowed that Israel will not allow advanced weaponry to reach Iran’s regional proxies, amid a recent uptick in Israeli airstrikes in Syria.
“Fifteen years ago, this place burned from Hizbullah rockets,” he said at the inauguration of a new factory opened by Israeli weapons maker Rafael in the northern town of Shlomi.
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Progressive Socialist Party chief Walid Jumblat has stressed that “the exit from the crisis with the Gulf begins by the sacking of Information Minister George Kordahi and then apologizing to the Gulf.”
“The Axis of Defiance forces are demanding that Saudi Arabia apologize to Lebanon. We’re the ones who should offer an official apology,” Jumblat said in an interview with MTV.
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Information Minister George Kordahi is still refusing to submit his resignation in connection with the diplomatic crisis with the Gulf countries, highly informed sources said.
Kordahi is saying that he will not resign over “a mistake that he did not commit while being information minister,” the sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Tuesday.
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Court of Appeals judge Habib Mezher was notified Tuesday of his recusal in the case against Beirut port blast investigator Judge Tarek Bitar.
Al-Jadeed TV said Court of Appeals chief Judge Habib Rizkallah summoned Mezher to notify him of the decision, telling him that he “exceeded his jurisdiction.”
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Parts from Syrian anti-aircraft missiles fell Monday night in the northeastern Lebanese village of Sahlat al-Maa near the Syrian border, lightly wounding a woman and damaging several homes, the National News Agency said.
Syria's military said the anti-aircraft missiles were used to shoot down missiles fired by Israeli warplanes while flying over neighboring Lebanon.
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