The following are a selection of stories from Lebanese newspapers that may be of interest to Daily Star readers. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.
Al-Mustaqbal
Cabinet approved tax-exempt status for Saudi grant
Ministerial sources told Al-Mustaqbal that the Cabinet approved the $1 billion Saudi grant for the Lebanese Army on the principle of a tax-exempt and fee-exempt status.
An-Nahar
Projects halted due to insufficient reserve funds for September
Plans to finish projects by the various ministries are failing due to the lack of funds necessary to finance implementation for September.
Contractors may start complaining about delay in or postponement of the scheduled payments owed to them.
Al-Akhbar
Qatar did not refuse mediation to release soldiers
Sources close to General Security head Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim dismissed reports that said Qatar had refused to help mediate toward the release of soldiers and policemen taken captive by jihadists during clashes with the Lebanese Army in the Bekaa Valley border town of Arsal.
The sources told Al-Akhbar that Qatar did not inform Lebanon that would not interfere in mediation efforts after the emirate severed ties with Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria.
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