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Hariri Expects Action from Hollande, Accuses Hizbullah of Sending Fighters to Hizbullah

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri urged Hizbullah on Wednesday to stop sending fighters to Syria and stressed the need for the international community, led by France, to take action on Syria.

“We don't accept for any Lebanese to fight alongside the crimes” committed by the Syrian regime, Hariri said following talks with French President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace.

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Change and Reform Ends Involvement with Members of Bkirki Committee on Electoral Law

Change and Reform bloc MP Alain Aoun announced on Wednesday that the bloc will no longer cooperate with the Lebanese Forces and Phalange Party at the Bkirki committee aimed at devising a new parliamentary electoral law.

He said during a press conference: “We are no longer concerned with any joint work with the members of the Bkirki committee on devising a new electoral law.”

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Geagea: Contacts Ongoing with Hizbullah, AMAL over Adoption of Small Electoral Districts

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea noted on Tuesday that the adoption of small electoral districts in a parliamentary electoral law will be more just for the Lebanese people, reported the Central News Agency.

He told the agency: “Contacts are underway with the Hizbullah and AMAL leaderships over the small districts.”

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Geagea Responding to Raad: They are Exploiting Palestinian Cause to Suit Their Interests

Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea noted on Friday that the greatest progress in the Palestinian cause could have been achieved during the Arab Spring.

He said during a workshop on "Lebanon's role in the renaissance of the new Arab world": “The other camp is using the Palestinian cause to suit their interests.”

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Geagea: Aoun Denies Facts and We Will Never Forge Alliance with Him

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stated on Thursday that if Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun is keen on ensuring Christians' fair representation at the parliamentary elections, he should agree to the Christian opposition figures' proposal on the electoral law.

He said during a press conference: “We will never forge an alliance with Aoun after he had repeatedly denied facts.”

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Aoun: Official Report on Lebanese-Syrian Border Needed before We Determine Position on Syria

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun demanded on Tuesday a detailed account of the developments along the Lebanese-Syrian border “because developments have started to take a dangerous turn.”

He said after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting: “An official government report over the border situation should be made for us to take a position from Syria.”

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March 14 Memo to Suleiman Calls for Salvation Govt., Expulsion of Syrian Ambassador

The head of the Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MP Fouad Saniora handed on Tuesday President Michel Suleiman a March 14 memo that reiterates the opposition’s call for the expulsion of Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali and the control of the Lebanese border with Syria through U.N. help.

The memorandum also called for the formation of a national salvation government and filing a complaint to the Arab League over Syria’s repeated border violations.

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Geagea Lashes Out at Government, Says Impacts of Syrian Regime Should be Removed

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea called on the Lebanese people to get rid of the effects of the Syrian regime on the Lebanese-Syrian ties, slamming the performance of the government and the security chaos in the country.

Geagea pointed out during the annual “Memorial Mass for the Martyrs of the Lebanese Resistance” that the Lebanese should differentiate between the regime of Syrian president Bashar Assad and the Syrian people.

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Geagea to Respond to Syrian Regime’s ‘Mistakes’ during Mass for Martyrs of Lebanese Resistance

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea is set to emphasize the importance of distinguishing between the Syrian people and the ruling regime during the annual “Memorial Mass for the Martyrs of the Lebanese Resistance”, reported reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

Geagea is also expected to respond to the “errors committed by the Syrian regime and its allies in Lebanon.”

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Geagea Deems Syrian Arrest Warrants as ‘Laughable’, Rejects ‘Military Councils’

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea criticized on Tuesday the Syrian regime’s plans to issue arrest warrants against various Lebanese figures, deeming such a step as “laughable.”

He said before an emigrant delegation at his Maarab residence: “The regime is not aware that it is no longer a state. We don’t consider it to be a state.”

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