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
Amal, Hezbollah call for self-restraint in Nabatieh
Speaker Nabih Berri’s Amal Movement and Hezbollah urged party commanders in Nabatieh to exercise self-restraint in dealing with the Syrian refugees in Lebanon following tensions caused by the beheading of a second captive Lebanese soldier at the hands of ISIS.
The request for self-control came in the wake of calls by “reckless” individuals who demanded all Syrian refugees in the Nabatieh area be deported.
The WhatsApp messaging service was used to circulate an appeal for locals to gather in villages and towns across the Nabatieh governorate in order to expel the Syrian refugees.
As-Safir
Will authorities isolate Arsal from its outskirts?
Well-informed sources told As-Safir that among the powerful cards being considered by the government if the beheading of kidnapped soldiers continued is to totally isolate Arsal from its outskirts, cut off supplies to the militants and implement death sentences issued against Fatah al-Islam inmates.
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