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Nasrallah urges end to Ain al-Helweh fighting, lauds army

Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday described the deadly clashes at the Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp as “painful.”

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Bou Saab again suggests early parliamentary elections

Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab held talks Tuesday in Ain el-Tineh with Speaker Nabih Berri.

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Gemayel holds Hezbollah responsible for Ain al-Helweh clashes

Kataeb Party chief Sami Gemayel has held responsible for the deadly clashes in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Helweh near Sidon.

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Cabinet resumes discussing much delayed state budget

Cabinet convene Tuesday to resume the discussion of the 2023 state budget.

Last month, the ministers received the budget draft law from the Finance Ministry and cabinet started successive sessions to discuss and approve it.

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Report: Le Drian's dialogue to be held in early September

The date of a dialogue between different Lebanese parties over the presidential crisis has almost been confirmed, al-Joumhouria newspaper said.

French diplomatic sources told the daily, in remarks published tuesday, that it is almost confirmed that the dialogue will take place in early September.

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Geagea says citizens not Hezbollah priority even if they 'starved to death'

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea accused Monday Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement of dragging Lebanon into a growing crisis.

"Hezbollah doesn't believe in a state or belong to it, yet it wants to lay hold of the state to drain it and use it to serve its project," Geagea said.

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Finance parliamentary committee approves oil sovereign fund

The Finance and Budget Parliamentary Committee on Monday approved a law for establishing a Lebanese oil and gas sovereign fund.

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Bukhari discusses Le Drian mission with the Jumblats

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari has met for two and a half hours with ex-PSP leader Walid Jumblat and MP Taymour Jumblat.

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Salameh's term ends, Mansouri takes up post

The central bank chief of crisis-torn Lebanon, Riad Salameh, who is wanted for alleged financial crimes in several European countries, handed over his post Monday with no designated successor in place.

First vice-governor Wassim Mansouri, who will temporarily take over, warned that "we are at a crossroad" and urged politicians to implement reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund in return for a bail-out loan.

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Bullets, shells hit Sidon as deadly clashes renew in Ain al-Helweh

Clashes renewed Sunday in the Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon between the secular Fatah Movement and hardline Islamist groups.

TV networks said the fighting resumed after a senior Fatah commander was killed in an ambush.

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