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

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

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

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

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