The Higher Defense Council convened at the Baabda Palace on Friday at the request of President Michel Aoun after a state funeral held in honor of soldiers abducted by the ISIL terrorist group and later executed.

The gatherers held a moment of silence in honor of the martyr servicemen.

The meeting was held in presence of PM Saad Hariri and ministers of defense Yaaqoub al-Sarraf, foreign Gibran Bassil, finance Ali Hasan Khalil, interior Nouhad al-Mashnouq and justice Salim Jreissati.

Army command chief General Jospeh Aoun and leaders of the security apparatuses were also invited to the meeting.

Aoun and Hariri held a closed-door meeting before the meeting began.

As per regulations, the decisions of the higher Defense council are kept secret.

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