The immediate aim of the talks is pulling the country back from the brink of civil war, but the ultimate objective is to agree on ending the Lebanese political crises by electing a president of the republic, forming a government of national unity, a new electoral law to be applied in next year's parliamentary elections and the issue of the Hezbollah militia weapons following the uprising in Lebanon which was described as a Hezbollah coup in which the arms of the so called resistance were pointed at the Lebanese citizens resulting in the killing of 81 people and the wounding of over 200

The first session lasted for 90 minutes of tense talks

The Lebanese leaders are under heavy pressure to to agree on a solution to end the crises. They all saw the banners at the airport in Beirut , before they left to Qatar that read " If you don't agree , don't come back !"

Here are some pictures of the first session during Day number 1 talks

The hall where the Lebanese leaders met during the first day of the Qatari-mediated dialogue talks in Doha

A general view of the hall where the Lebanese leaders met during the first day of the Qatari-mediated dialogue talks in Doha

Amal delegation at the talks

MP Jumblatt and MP Aridi

MP Aoun delegation

PM Siniora and Qatar FM

A group of Lebanese leaders

Head of Hezbollah delegation MP Mohammad Raad

MP Saad Hariri and MP Michel Murr...hand in hand

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