On August 31, the UN Security Council unanimously passed the resolution 2650 which extends the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) mandate for one year. However, the resolution included certain items which give the UNIFIL troops the right to act on the ground away from the Lebanese army, which ...
The members of the Supreme Judicial Council unanimously approved a decision to appoint an assistant investigative judge upon the recusal of the lead judge probing Beirut Port blast, Tarek Al-Bitar. Justice Minister Henry Khoury had proposed the appointment of the assistant judge who is expected to continue the probe suspended ...