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U.S. Embassy Denies Holding Talks with 'Terrorist Hizbullah'

The United States embassy in Lebanon denied on Tuesday reports saying U.S. officials have been engaged in talks with Hizbullah.

"No official at the embassy has or is engaged in discussion with members of the terrorist organization Hizbullah,” the Embassy clarified to Naharnet in a statement.

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Kerry Urges Preventing Hizbullah from Determining Lebanon's Future and Mansour Slams 'Foreign Interventions'

The United States expressed on Monday its rejection of allowing Hizbullah to determine the future of Lebanon.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said at a press conference he held in Riyadh that his talks with Saudi officials discussed the importance of not allowing Hizbullah to dominate Lebanon.

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Hizbullah Says Tripoli Bus Attack 'Very Dangerous,' Calls for Ending Sectarian Incitement

Hizbullah considered on Sunday that the attack on workers who hail from the Tripoli neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen is a “very dangerous message,” urging an end to sectarian incitement.

"We condemn the attack on unarmed citizens, and torturing and shooting them in (the northern city of) Tripoli,” the party said in a released statement.

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Israeli Website Says Mustafa Badreddine Is Hizbullah's New Military Commander

An Israeli website that is expert on terrorism revealed on Wednesday the identity of Hizbullah's new military commander, the successor of slain official Imad Mughnieh.

"Mustafa Amin Badreddine assumed his responsibilities as the party's new military commander,” the website, 910, said according to Palestinian news agency SAFA.

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Military Expert Defuses Explosives inside Car in Beirut's Dahieh

A booby-trapped car containing many explosives was found on Monday evening in Beirut's southern suburbs.

"A booby-trapped blue Grand Cherokee car was found in Beirut's al-Maamoura neighborhood," the Army Command said in a communique.

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Moussawi: Failure to Represent Resistance at Cabinet is Constitutional Violation

Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Nawwaf al-Moussawi stated on Sunday that the constitution stipulates that the government in Lebanon should represent all components in the country, stressing that the resistance represents more than half of the people.

He therefore said: “Attempts to keep the resistance out of the new government are a constitutional violation.”

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Jumblat Suggests Giving Veto Power to March 8 and 14 to Resolve Cabinet Stalemate

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has dropped his support for a new cabinet in which each of the main political camps would get eight ministers, saying the 9-9-6 formula gives the formation of a government a better chance.

In an interview with As Safir newspaper published on Friday, Jumblat said giving the March 8 and 14 alliances nine ministers each and the centrists six ministers would be the best solution.

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Alleged Hizbullah 'Execution' Video Sparks Online Outrage

A gory online video that shows suspected Hizbullah fighters executing gravely wounded Syrian rebels has sparked outrage and controversy in Lebanon.

The video shows armed men in fatigues, at least one wearing the yellow arm band purportedly sported by the Lebanese group, dragging several bloodied men out of a van and shooting them dead.

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U.N. to Send Envoy to Lebanon to Address Means to Deliver Aid to Civilians in Syria

Lebanon's permanent Ambassador to United Nations Nawwaf Salam revealed on Thursday that the international organization will send an envoy to Lebanon to address ways in which to deliver aid to civilians in Syria, reported the daily An Nahar on Friday.

Commenting on the development, caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour told the daily: “This step, should it materialize, will help ease the burden Lebanon has been made to carry regarding the Syrian crisis.”

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Charbel from Tripoli: Security Plan Aimed at Protecting City from Local, External Threats

Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel urged on Wednesday all powers to cooperate in implementing a security plan in the northern city of Tripoli, similar to other plans in other areas in Lebanon that are aimed at ending the phenomenon of autonomous security.

He said after a Central Security Council meeting: “The Tripoli security plan is aimed at protecting it from local and external threats.”

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