March 14: Remaining silent over airport incident is another crime

The March 14 General Secretariat stressed on Wednesday after its weekly meeting that remaining silent over “the other team’s invasion of the Rafik Hariri International Airport” is another crime.

“Hezbollah invaded Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport on Saturday with armed militia groups,” adding that ” the March 8 alliance’s attempt to stage a coup has reached a climax.” The statement said. (more…)

Hezbollah official: What happend at the airport is normal

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem told Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai in an interview to be published on Thursday that what happened on Saturday at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport was normal. It “was to stop some parties from taking advantage of the Lebanese judiciary.” (more…)

Syria: Airport incident greatly damaged Hezbollah’s image

Al-Hayat newspaper on Tuesday quoted a source as saying that Damascus is very worried about Saturday’s airport incident, adding that it has greatly damaged Hezbollah’s image as well as that of its allies.

Tension between the Future Movement and Hezbollah ran high after armed Hezbollah bodyguards received former General Security chief Jamil as-Sayyed who is wanted by the Lebanese judiciary (more…)

Lebanese terror suspect arrested in Chicago

A man accused of placing a backpack that he thought contained a bomb near Chicago’s Wrigley Field was “not the traditional bad guy,” his attorney said Tuesday. (more…)

Hariri confirms Saqr’s disclosure of Sayyed’s blackmail

Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s political adviser Mustafa Nasser confirmed that he had conveyed to the PM an offer from Brig. Gen. Jamil Sayyed that stipulated Hariri pays $7.5 million in return for Sayyed to give up the lawsuits he had filed, al-Liwaa newspaper reported Tuesday. (more…)

Chamoun criticizes Hezbollah’s Airport reception for Sayyed

National Liberal Party leader MP Dori Chamoun said on Tuesday following a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, that he regrets Saturday’s airport incident, local media reported on Tuesday (more…)

Jumblatt: If no deal on STL , we’re going to hell

Progressive Socialist Party ( PSP) leader MP Walid Jumblatt warned that Lebanon is witnessing “systematic deterioration.

He made his remarks during an interview with As-Safir newspaper.

Jumblatt said he had dispatched Cabinet Minister Ghazi Aridi, a PSP member to meet with Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. (more…)

Phalange: ‘army, people, resistance’ formula is out

The Phalange Party on Monday responded to the recent events by saying: Hezbollah’s weapons are now “unfortunately only pointed towards the [Lebanese] Interior, and this absolves the government” of the Ministerial Statement’s “army, people, and Resistance” formula. (more…)

Franjiyeh and son meet Assad in Damascus

Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh, accompanied by his son Tony held talks on Monday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. (more…)

Israeli army fires shots at Lebanon army, report

The southern border unit of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) near the border town of Doheira went on full alert Monday evening after an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) patrol passing near the border fired shots at the area, according to security sources (more…)