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.
As-Safir
Plumbly denies Berlin conference aimed to naturalize refugees
U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly categorically denied reports that pressure had been exerted on Lebanon as part of an international effort to naturalize Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
“Our proposal on the issue of Syrian refugees was how to encourage states participating in the Berlin conference and other countries to accommodate larger numbers of Syrian refugees who are in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq, just like refugees were resettled in Sweden and Germany, and not to resettle them in Lebanon,” Plumbly told As-Safir.
He said he has no idea where this report originated from.
He stressed that the issue of naturalizing Syrian refugees in Lebanon was out of the question.
“What is important is the continuity of aid in light of the ongoing displacement crisis resulting from the Syria conflict, based on the need to draw up plans for the coming months.”
Al-Liwaa
Stricken Bab al-Tabbaneh needs urgent aid
North Lebanon Mufti Malek Shaar has suggested a number of urgent development projects for Bab al-Tabbaneh as well as the old, historic souks.
Al-Liwaa has learned that Shaar has contacted former prime ministers Saad Hariri and Najib Mikati as well as Layla Solh, Vice President of Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation to secure the necessary funding for these projects.
Shaar has received tentative approval of the three parties to fund the projects, which will likely change the tragic reality of Bab al-Tabbaneh, the scene of on-again, off-again fighting for the past few years.
Al-Joumhouria
Army Intelligence collection techniques helped dismantle terror networks
A military source told Al-Joumhouria that the Intelligence collection techniques used by the Lebanese Army have greatly contributed to the dismantling of terrorist networks, especially that it used advanced methods of intelligence to observe communication between members of the groups and monitor their movements.
The source said the zero-hour for the military attack against those groups was set after completion of information-gathering, the proof of which was the collapse of the terrorist groups in the north, the south and the Bekaa all at the same time.
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