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.
An-Nahar
Salam: Financial situation in jeopardy
Prime Minister Tammam Salam has expressed concerns that the financial situation is at stake.
“The financial situation is not less important and serious than the security situation in light of the critical circumstances facing the country,” Salam told An-Nahar.
Salam said he will convene a Cabinet meeting to continue discussions on the financial situation in light of the ministers’ observations on Finance Minister Ali Hasan Khalil’s report.
Salam pointed out that he had received the 2015 budget draft law as the 2014 budget draft law still awaits a decision regarding the salary raise.
As-Safir
Captive soldiers’ case: swap deal impossible
As the Cabinet dedicated Tuesday’s session to the critical financial situation, the issue of the soldiers held captive by Islamist militants remained in the spotlight as ISIS warned in a new statement to kill another hostage amid ambiguity surrounding the presumed negotiations.
The Cabinet will discuss the hostage crisis during a meeting to be held Thursday.
As-Safir, however, has learned that MPs from the March 8 coalition, the Free Patriotic Movement and MP Walid Jumblatt will stress during the Cabinet session that a deal to swap the captive soldiers for Roumieh-held Islamist prisoners is out of the question.
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