The country will begin a nationwide inoculation campaign on Sunday amid surge in cases
Lebanon s caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan administers a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to a member of the healthcare staff at the Rafik Hariri Hospital in the capital Beirut as the country started its inoculation campaign on Sunday. AFP
Lebanon s caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab talks to reporters at the Rafik Hariri Hospital in the capital Beirut after the country started its Covid-19 inoculation campaign with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Sunday. AFP
A health worker gets the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease at Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday. EPA
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Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri meets with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon. Reuters file photo Beirut - Mohamed Choucair
Former Prime Ministers Najib Mikati, Fouad Siniora, Saad Hariri and Tammam Salam thwarted an attempt by President Michel Aoun to stir sectarian tension with the aim to revive his son-in-law’s political role.
Well-informed sources said that the former premiers, who met on Monday, have decided to refrain from engaging in an open dispute with former Minister Gebran Bassil to spare the country more sectarian and confessional tension.
According to the sources, Bassil’s coup against the political system that regulates relations between the Lebanese sects and which is based on the Taif Accord, has quickly backfired against the former minister and had no political power.
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CAIRO: Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki confirmed that the troubling economic conditions that Lebanon is currently witnessing require action in an exceptional and unconventional manner.
Zaki is conducting an official visit to Lebanon commissioned by the secretary-general of the Arab League, Aboul Gheit, to learn about the political situation, the developments in the formation of the new government and the difficulties Lebanon faces in this regard.
He held a series of meetings with senior Lebanese officials and leaders, including the Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, and Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab.