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FPM to vote no-confidence in Salam's govt

The Free Patriotic Movement will likely withhold confidence from the government, MP Salim Aoun said Monday in a radio interview, as Parliament is set to meet on Tuesday and Wednesday for a vote of confidence in the new government formed by PM-designate Nawaf Salam.

"The statements are good, but the experience with PM Nawaf Salam's line-up was not promising," MP Aoun said.

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Delegations flock to Safieddine's hometown for his funeral

Delegations were flocking Monday to the southern town of Deir Qanoun al-Nahr in the Tyre district for the funeral and burial of slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasham Safieddine, who was killed four days after succeeding Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as Hezbollah’s secretary-general.

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Ghalibaf says Iran to back any 'unanimous' Lebanese decision

Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said from Beirut that Iran “will support any decision made unanimously by the Lebanese government and people and the Lebanese resistance (Hezbollah).”

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Qassem says resistance not over, army has 'great role in defending Lebanon'

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said the group would keep following the path of slain chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday during a televised speech broadcast at his massive funeral on the outskirts of Beirut.

"We will uphold trust and walk on this path, we will uphold your will," Qassem said referring to Nasrallah, adding: "you are still with us: your... path and struggle live within us" and "I am loyal to the legacy Nasrallah".

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Israeli warplanes fly very low over Beirut and suburbs during Nasrallah funeral

Lebanese state media reported Sunday Israeli planes flying at a very low altitude over Beirut, with AFP journalists hearing the rumbling noise while tens of thousands attended Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's funeral near the capital.

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Israel strikes South and Bekaa before and during Nasrallah funeral

Lebanese state media reported Israeli strikes Sunday about 10 kilometers from the southern border as mourners converged in Beirut for the massive funeral of the group's slain leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

"Hostile aircraft launched two raids targeting the area between Qleileh and Sammaaiyah in the Tyre district," the official National News Agency said.

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Hajjar vows to preserve security, facilitate traffic during Nasrallah funeral

Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar said Friday that the country’s security chiefs have reviewed the measures that will be taken on Sunday during the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

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Salam urges pressing Israel to withdraw in talks with Congress delegation

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam held talks Friday at the Grand Serail with a delegation from the U.S. Congress led by Representative Darrell Issa, in the presence of U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson.

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Hezbollah MP says Berri to represent Aoun at Nasrallah funeral

Loyalty to Resistance bloc MP Ali Fayad said the funeral of slain Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday will witness “a million-person rally that is unprecedented in Lebanese political history.”

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Aoun holds security meeting to discuss situations, Nasrallah funeral

President Joseph Aoun on Friday presided over a security meeting at the Baabda Palace.

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