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e 2005 assassination of former Prime Minster Rafiq AI-Hariri. He defended the four as having a "proud legacy of fighting the Israeli occupation in Lebanon" and proclaimed that authorities "will not be able to arrest them in one year, two years, nor in 60 or 600 years." Lebanon, which now has 30 days t

reatening a violent response to any attempts to arrest his loyalists. On Saturday, a minister in the new government headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati came out in support of Lebanon's obligations toward the STL as set forth in Security Council resolution 1757. But State Minister Ahmad Karami also

exercise restraint and to refrain from violence following reports Wednesday that protesters were injured by plainclothes police in Damascus. (AFP) Lebanon: Lebanese Prime-Minister designate Najib Mikati said Wednesday no party or group had the right to monopolize decision-making inside the Cabinet, in

in addition to the dangerous developments in the region, require the formation of a balanced government, where no group would have the upper hand," Mikati said. (Daily Star, Lebanon) A United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said Wednesday it was targeted by stones thrown EFTA00696603

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that the party controlled the PM and all ministers. Today, Prime Minister Najib Mikati cannot be considered completely under Hezbollah's control. Mikati's under-the-table support for Syrian refugees in Tripoli and his recent stances in support of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon gave him a EFTA00660

oops in 2005: the conduct of free and fair presidential and parliamentary elections and the establishment of diplomatic relations between Syria and Lebanon. The Secretary-Genial is disappointed to report today that there has been yet again no further progress towards the implemetuation of the remaining

non and no authority other than that of the Government of Lebanon. It is also high time that President Sicilian and the Government of Prime Minister Mikati finally implement decisions taken in the past by the National Dialogue, such as the dismantling of Palestinian military bases maintained by PFLP-GC

lwark against Israeli and American hegemony. With backing from Washington, Israel has sought to smash Hezbollah (notably through its 2006 invasion of Lebanon) and detach Syria from Iran, a country Israel views as its most dangerous regional rival. Neither objective has so far been realized. But now that Sy

le noted, example of the United States and a Hezbollah-supported government in sync. Talk to Hezbollah: That's obvious. It's no terrorizing monolith. Mikati is struggling with the give-and-take of Lebanese politics. Life goes on in the freewheeling way that has long drawn repressed, frustrated Arabs to Be