...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
and areas bordering Syria as President Michel Suleiman
...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too...
said a solution to the fighting and repeated attacks was urgently needed.
Health Minister Wael Abou Faour told news hounds that the cabinet approved the recommendations of the Higher Defense Council on a security plan in Tripoli and Bekaa valley's northern areas.
Defense Minister Samir Moqbel and Interior Minister Nuhad al-Mashnouq proposed the plan to the HDC during a meeting it held under Suleiman on Wednesday.
Later, Information Minister Ramzi Greij confirmed a decision to task the army and security forces to implement a security plan.
The government also tasked them with seizing arms depots in Tripoli and taking all measures to arrest suspects involved in the fighting in the city in addition to kidnappers and assailants involved in car theft in the Bekaa.
Suleiman told the cabinet that the army will come under attack as long as it is a separation force in Tripoli.
"A security solution has become necessary," he told the first cabinet session that he chaired after the government received parliament's vote of confidence last week.
"The situation is no longer acceptable," he said.
Tripoli witnesses frequent gunbattles between two of the city's impoverished rival neighborhoods, one dominated by Sunnis who support Syrian rebels, and the other by Alawites, who are from the same sect of Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Despoiler of Deraa...
Clashes in Tripoli have left scores of casualties over the past days alone.
Border areas also come under rocket attacks and shelling from Syria and have witnessed abductions in return for ransom and other security incidents.
Suleiman hailed the Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
summit that concluded on Wednesday, saying it supported Leb's army, the Syrian refugees, the Baabda Declaration and the Special Tribunal for Leb.
Suleiman attended the first day of the summit that was held in Kuwait.
On recent corruption scandals, he said: "The state should carry out its duties."
The financial prosecutor charged on Wednesday several National Social Security Fund (NSSF) employees with the embezzlement of funds, the National News Agency said.
On a positive note, Abou Faour announced during a presser that the prices of 629 medications will be slashed by 20 percent.