Article: What Next In Lebanon.(war in Beirut)

The rift between the rival camps in Lebanon deepened on May 31, with the opposition slamming UNSC Resolution 1757 as a "violation" of the country's constitution and sovereignty, and the ruling majority launching a national initiative to solve the crisis. Reading out a statement agreed upon by March 14 leaders in Qoreitem, Hariri's HQ in West Beirut, former President Amin Gemayel said: "It is time that Lebanon and Syria fix their relations. Syria (which has long wanted to annex Lebanon) needs to recognise Lebanon's sovereignty and establish diplomatic relations and demarcate its border with Lebanon".

Gemayel, reading out part of the ruling coaltion's "national ...

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