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Chants by SSNP members were “a return to the language of the civil war,” the parties said.
The demonstration, authorized by the Ministry of Interior, took place in light of a complex and deadly political stalemate.
It also came after four days of raising pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad, with Syrian workers and refugees, who were cheering Assad, being attacked by some Lebanese citizens.
The SSNP demonstration came within the framework of the commemoration of the liberation of southern Lebanon from the Israeli occupation.
At the forefront of the celebrating parties was Hezbollah, whose supporters spread in the border areas.
Lebanon vows to help Syrian refugees vote in prez polls
Fri, May 07 2021 10:47:31 AM
Beirut, May 7 (IANS): Lebanese caretaker Interior Minister Mohammad Fahmi vowed to facilitate Syrian refugees participation in the upcoming Syrian presidential election.
Fahmi made the pledge during his meeting with Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Al here on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Minister said Lebanon will take all necessary measures to facilitate the arrival of the Syrian refugees at the Syrian embassy in Beirut to cast their votes on May 20.
The Ambassador said after the meeting that the Lebanese side promised to coordinate with the Syrian embassy in Lebanon to ensure a smooth electoral process.
Cairo: Saudi authorities have allowed Lebanese goods stranded on the border into the kingdom, a Lebanese official has said.
Last week, Saudi Arabia announced a ban on Lebanese fruit and vegetable products, saying they were used in drug smuggling to the kingdom.
Lebanese Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi expressed thanks to Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed for what he described as a “good, humanitarian gesture” of permitting the goods stranded on the border and at the Saudi port of Jeddah into the Saudi territory.
Fruit and vegetables
The official said in a statement he is “certain that the kingdom of benevolence will spare no effort to reconsider its recent stance [the ban]”.
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