to Doha Qatar , Today's trip of prime minister Fouad Siniora to Tripoli and the security problems in the north and the Beqaa region
Today marks the first day of Ramadan for the Shiite Muslims . Higher Shiite council declared Tuesday the first day of Ramadan. The Sunni Dar el Fatwa declared Monday the first day of the holy month of Ramadan
Tuesday
22:23 MP Alloush told Future TV": Statements of the Free patriotic movement smell racism and yet they accuse Tripoli of isolation and racism
21:36 Minister Tarik Mitri told Future TV: It is incorrect to portray Tripoli as if it is a suburb of Kandahar , it is also incorrect to portray the Christians and the Muslims as being young radicals and rebels
21:24 Gen. Michel Aoun returned from Paris where he spent few days on a private visit
20:42 Geagea told a delegation from Batroun: if there is a minimum goodwill from Syria , then the border demarcation is required
20:34 Future TV: One Lebanese security officer and his brother were assaulted during their visit to Hezbollah stronghold of Dhahyia
17:38 U.S. Embassy: American government and the Lebanese army are jointly participating in a training program designed to effectively upgrade the capacity of the Lebanese army
18:12 Former PM Omar Karami is in Teheran on an official visit and has met with Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and FM Manouchehr Mottaki.
16:10 Founder of Salafist Movement in Lebanon Sheikh Dai al-Islam Chahhal fears May events may have spread to Tripoli and called on all Lebanese politicians, media organizations and judicial bodies to deal with the northern city’s troubles “with justice and in transparency.”
15:45 Abu Faour : Syria is stealing massive amounts of water from Lebanese territories in the village of Deir al Ashayer and the Lebanese Syrian Supreme Council and the joint committees are sterile institutions and have no power to solve any problems between the two countries
15:35 Salafism founder in Lebanon Sheikh Dai al-Islam al-Chahhal holds press conference at Grand Serail after meeting with PM Fouad Siniora.
15:30 Nadim Gemayel, son of slain president-elect Bashir Gemayel, says time has come to resolve the issue of the weapons outside the control of the government, and to extend its sovereignty across the entire country. Gemayel denounced the helicopter shooting incident and said that “the martyrdom of Captain Samer Hanna has made it clear to us that there is no room for a defensive strategy that declares that the situation today necessitates arms to protect arms -this logic we must get rid of.”
14:35 Egypt's public prosecutor charged Egyptian tycoon Hisham Talaat Mustafa with involvement in the brutal killing of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim in Dubai.
14:19 Administration and Justice Committee suggested granting Lebanese emigrants /expatriates the right to vote in the 2009 parliamentary elections on condition their names were registered on electoral lists
12:24 Future MP Hadi Hobeich told OTV: The conditions in Tripoli are divided into two parts: security and development. The second part should be regarded seriously because poverty is one of the things that leads to insecurity.
11:54 Tripoli MP Elias Attallah said during a press conference at the Grand Serail: The security issue is crucial in Tripoli and all of Lebanon. The state must restore its presence and authority, because we cannot talk about development amid bad security conditions.
11:51 Tripoli MP Misbah Ahdab said during a press conference at the Grand Serail: Everybody agrees that the security problem must be treated seriously and transparently without any ambiguities, despite who does it. We made a request to PM Fouad Siniora that the financing, even the private financing, is done through the government.
11:44 Tripoli MP Mohammad Kabbara said during a press conference at the Grand Serail: In the absence of security, it is useless to discuss anything else. There are no more justifications for the reluctance in taking security measures, especially after the appointment of the army commander.
11:41 Future MP Samir Jisr said during a press conference at Grand Serail : With the new security measures taken by the Lebanese army and the deployment of the 10th Brigade, we hope that the situation will be under control.
11:35 Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said after meeting with Tripoli representatives at the Grand Serail: We believe that the development of the North and Tripoli must pass through six principal and balanced paths:
1: Maintaining calm and security. The cabinet is serious in requesting the security forces perform their role in restoring stability and protecting Tripoli citizens’ lives and properties. 2: Offering humanitarian relief and aid. 3: Rebuilding infrastructure and construction projects. 4: Focusing on economic development programs and creating job opportunities in collaboration with the private sector. 5: Providing health, social and education services. 6: Supporting political and civil reconciliation, and restoring relations between the people.
10:56 Fares Soueid : the Syrian regime indirectly interfered in the recent violent events in the North through its intelligence services. “We need the United Nations Security Council to pressure Syria to stop its interferences,” he said, adding that Tripoli must be disarmed to ensure its security, which he said should be a basic subject of discussion at the Grand Serail meeting on Tripoli on Tuesday.
10:14 Former PM Najib Mikati said during a press conference at Grand Serail: The first and basic solution is [in the resolution of] the security issue. The Lebanese army will put an end to what is happening in Tripoli, and we have no choice but [working through] the state.
08:45 Judge sentences 5 brothers to death for murdering the two Ziads : Judge Malik Abla , investigating Judge in the case of the assassination of Ziad al-Ghandour and Ziad Qabalan in April 23 last year, issued the charges, in which he accused five brothers from the Shamas family ( whose brother was killed on January 23 In 2007 during clashes that occurred in the vicinity of the Arab University in Beirut ) of committing the crime
The ruling requested the death penalty for five Shamas brothers who are still at large :Muhammad , Shehadeh, Abdullah, Abbas and Ali Shamas, and also requested the penalty of hard labor for life for each of the detainees: Mustafa Omar Al Saeedy, Ayman Fouad Safwan , Wissam Ghazi Orabi, Saeb Ibrahim Al Dakkdoki for helping in concealing the crime.
The ruling also requested a jail sentence of up to three years for each of: Hanan Atwi, Abeer Kabalan, Hassan Hazeemah, Hana Ismail, Rabih Houili for concealing Ali Shamas and for refusing to notify the authorities about the crime he committed
08:40 MP Hubaish told "Voice of Lebanon": A firm decision is required from the government regarding the development of the North and the improvement of the security situation and deciding not to leave people battling each other
08:35 MP Musbah Al-Ahdab told "Voice of Lebanon": dealing with the situation in the north should be on two fronts : security and development . What is required immediately is firmness in dealing with pending judicial issues
08:15 Mufti Shaar told "Voice of Lebanon": There is a memorandum , which has been prepared on the situation in the north and which will be handed over to the prime minister to form the basis of discussion during his trip to the north The priorities are : Compensation , reconciliations and then setting up committees to follow up the implementation of the priorities
07:58 Bou Zayan told al Sharq el Awsat : Israeli withdrawal from Shebaa Farms will pull the rug from under the feet of Hezbollah
07:33 Al Hayat : President Suleiman planning a tour the Arab countries starting with Saudi Arabia around October 11 or 12th and will include other Arab and Gulf countries
07:14 Al Akhbar : There is a plan to build a car factory in Lebanon which will be financed by investors from Iraq, Dubai and Qatar.
07:00 A hand grenade was thrown from an unidentified car at a youth gathering in Taalabaya around 2 am last night wounding 5 people
06:45 As Safir : The premier initiated a plan on paper for developing the city of Tripoli . This is the same plan that has been promised in the past . The successive governments always tried to disclose the plan on the eve of the parliamentary elections
05:55 Siniora and Erdogan discussed the upcoming summit in Damascus and the development in th region during a phone call
05:44 Tel Aviv: Hezbollah tried on 2 occasions to kidnap Israeli citizens overseas
05:33 An Nahar : PM Siniora will start his Trip to Tripoli at 9:30 am and will start by meeting former MP Najib Mikati, current and former Tripoli ministers and MPs, the Christian and Muslim religious leaders , mayors and union leaders and the media people
05:23 An Nahar : Today is the Tripoli day for PM Siniora . It will be followed by a Baalabeck - Hermel day and Jubeil day based on apromise he made during the vote of confidence session
Monday
23:20 The Emir of Qatar stressed during his meeting with president Suleiman that his country will continue to support Lebanon and will encourage Qatari investors to invest in Lebanon
21:43 AFP : The summit in Damascus in Thursday will include the leaders of France, Syria , Turkey and Qatar and the Lebanese file will be discussed
20:35 NOW Lebanon: Hundreds fled Jabal Mohsin on Monday for Syria
20:23 MP Franjiyeh : the way they talk about coordination between athe army and the resistance as if the resistance is the institution and the army is a passing cloud and as if there is no state
19:24 former president Gemayel: The helicopter incident raises the question of The Lebanese sovereignty on that spot
In the Lebanese territory that is in the vicinity of Jezzine . This is an extremely sensitive area and by targeting the helicopter they have targeted the army and its national role
19:10 Evening prayers begin in Beirut on the first day of Ramadan.
18:30 Judge Jeane Fahd continues to supervise the investigation surrounding the killing of officer Samer Hanna and the controversy surrounding the incident and the gunman that was handed over by Hezbollah
17:18 Sources say 20-year-old Hezbollah fighter (Moukaddem) took independent initiative in helicopter shooting. He claims that he thought the helicopter was Israeli and had not noticed the Lebanese flag . ( Yesterday defense minister Murr was quoted as saying the helicopter was less than 1 foot from the ground when subjected to the shooting )
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