The parliament bureau convened Thursday to discuss several laws before Speaker Nabih Berri called for a parliament session to be held next Thursday.
The MPs also discussed the latest security incidents, Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab said.
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Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday met in Ain el-Tineh with the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, Waheed Jalalzada.
Full StoryA Hezbollah arms truck flipped over Wednesday on the Kahale road after which a deadly clash with residents erupted, media reports said.
TV networks said Hezbollah members opened fire in the area, killing a Kahale resident and wounding another person. One Hezbollah member was also killed in the incidents according to reports.
Full StoryA veteran Lebanese Forces official has been abducted and killed in the southern town of Ain Ebel, his hometown, CCTV footage and a forensic doctor’s report said, days after reports said that the man had died in a traffic accident.
“The forensic doctor’s report says that Elias Hasrouni was strangled and hit with a gun butt on the head and on his rib cage, which resulted in the fracture of his ribs and their penetration of a lung, before the body was thrown near the car’s location,” al-Jadeed reported on Wednesday.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that Damascus has not “intervened to resolve the crisis in Lebanon.”
Full StoryA preliminary presidential agreement has been reached between the Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah, FPM chief Jebran Bassil said.
"We have reached a preliminary agreement with Hezbollah on a course leading to a consensual candidate in return for national demands," Bassil revealed, adding that "it is not possible to elect a president without an understanding" and that he is counting on an "inter-Lebanese dialogue."
Full StoryFollowing a week-long suspension of services in Ain el-Helweh due to armed clashes, UNRWA has now resumed its operations within the camp.
Health Centre II has been reopened and resumed provision of medical care to Palestine Refugee patients. Many children including newborns were brought to the centre for treatment and vaccination.
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Visiting the tense occupied Shebaa Farms region on Tuesday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah against “making a mistake.”
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The Lebanese Army on Tuesday organized a Blue Line tour for the representatives of the U.N. Security Council members.
Full Story"The likelihood of another Israel-Lebanon war is as high as ever," Israel Hayom claimed.
The Israeli daily said Monday that officials estimate 6,000 missiles launched into Israel in the first days of war and between 1,500-2,000 onward which will lead to the death of approximately 500 civilians and the injury of thousands.
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