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Report: Israel Threatens to Destroy Alleged 'Iranian Rocket Factory in Lebanon'

Israeli authorities have reportedly issued a warning to Hizbullah over the alleged development of what they said were “rocket manufacturing installations in Lebanon mainly situated in Hizbullah strongholds,” Israeli media reports said on Monday.

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Report: Govt. Action Required as Crisis of Displaced Syrians Takes 'Serious' Nature

The crisis of displacement is taking a “serious” nature, and fears arise that calls to coordinate efforts between Lebanon and Syria to help displaced Syrians return back to safe zones in their country might be exploited by some sides to restore relations between the Lebanese state and Syrian regime, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

“While the Lebanese look at the return of displaced Syrians from a Lebanese-Arab-International frame to their return to safe zones in Syria under well humanitarian and social conditions, some in Lebanon try to take this issue to another sphere that suggests 'floating' relations between the Lebanese State and Syrian regime,” political sources told the daily.

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Lebanese Army Rejects Claims of Abusing Syrian Refugees

The Lebanese army has dismissed allegations of abuse against hundreds of Syrian detainees in a security sweep at a refugee settlement near the eastern border town of Arsal, saying the mass detentions were necessary to combat terrorism.

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Jumblat Hails Army's Endeavors after Clampdown on Militants

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat praised the Lebanese army's incessant efforts in maintaining stability and thwarting terror plots aiming to destabilize the country, Jumblat's media office said in a statement on Saturday.

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Palestinian Forces Hand Over Most Wanted Fugitive in Ain Hilweh

A prominent suspect believed to be involved in bombing attack plots targeting Beirut and the southern city of Sidon is in the grip of the Lebanese army and General Security, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

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Berri Urges 'Productive' Legislature Until Term's End, Fears Regional Divisions

Speaker Nabih Berri urged political parties and lawmakers to grasp the opportunity and make the most of the time lapse until the parliament's term expires, and voiced fears of “divisions in the region,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

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Hasbani Meets Franjieh, Affirms LF-Marada 'Coordination'

Lebanese Forces Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held talks with Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh in Bnachii on Friday stressing that relations between the two Christian parties are “open and will continue for the country's benefit.”

Although relations between the Lebanese Forces and Marada have been a little marred, but "these relations continue and will stay open for the country's benefit,” the Deputy Prime Minister Hasbani told reporters after the meeting.

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Aoun: Syrian Refugee Encampments Have Turned into Military Camps

President Michel Aoun on Friday lamented the fact that encampments for Syrian refugees in Lebanon are turning into military camps and a safe haven for militants planning terror attacks against the country's troops and citizens.

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Police Arrest Three Suspects Involved in Bank Audi Robbery

The Internal Security Forces on Friday have arrested in Mount Lebanon's town of Sofar the suspects believed to be involved in robbing Bank Audi earlier this week, the National News Agency reported.

The three suspects were identified by their initials and hail from the Fayyad family.

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Suicide Bombers Attack Army During Raids on Syrian Encampments

Seven soldiers were wounded at dawn when suicide bombers blew themselves up while the army was staging raids on two encampments of Syrian refugees in al-Nour and al-Qarieh in the northeastern border town of Arsal, the Army Command-Orientation Directorate said in a statement released on Friday.

“At dawn, the Lebanese army was on a mission to inspect the Syrian refugee encampment of al-Nour in Arsal when a suicide bomber blew himself up close to the army patrol. The attacker was killed and three soldiers were seriously wounded,” said the statement.

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