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-Liwaa
Future mulling Nasrallah’s call for dialogue: Hajjar
Future Movement MP Mohammad Hajjar said his party is studying Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah’s call for dialogue.
Hajjar said Future Movement leader Saad Hariri in his recent initiative has also called for national consultations on the presidential election issue.
“If this is what Nasrallah’s call [for dialogue] meant, then this corresponds with what we have said,” Hajjar told Al-Liwaa. “But if the issue goes beyond that, then this is another issue that requires explanation.”
Meanwhile, Economy Minister Alain Hakim told Al-Liwaa that the Kataeb Party will not sign the agreement on Parliament’s extension.
Al-Joumhouria
Aoun, Geagea sources exchange criticism over extension
High-ranking Free Patriotic Movement sources said Lebanese Forces Leader Samir Geagea’s comments, following the approval of Parliament’s extension, were surprising.
"If Geagea feels he made a mistake, he should not take out his frustration on us,” one the source told Al-Joumhouria. “As usual, he [Geagea] commits a crime and accuses others of it.”
In turn, prominent Lebanese Forces sources said the problem with Gen. Michel Aoun is still the same since 1988: either we succumb to his presidential ambitions or he burns the country.
The sources pointed to the “liberation war," which devastated east Beirut all the way to the "elimination war," which they said Aoun has waged in retaliation for his non-election.
They recalled that upon his return from exile, Aoun changed all his principles, forming an alliance with Hezbollah and the Syrian regime in response to the March 14 coalition, which refused to yield to his conditions.
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