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The main issue now is that Hezbullah and Amal want to name their ministers while Adib, backed by Hariri and Foad Al Senioura, is refusing to allow anyone to name any minister and is only negotiating the formation of the government with Hariri and Foad.
Hezbullah and Amal can't risk not knowing what's happening inside the government, Hezbullah can't risk a 5 May scenario in my opinion.
Western diplomatic sources: The issue with Hezbullah and Amal (regarding naming their ministers) was solved after the meeting between French intelligence chief Emie, Fuchsia, and Hezbollah, and the government may be born tomorrow.

Source: @Ameen_media
Al-Jadeed information: Major General Abbas Ibrahim tried to solve at the request of Aoun between Hezbullah and Amal and the French in an attempt to reach a solution to the financial knot.

I mentioned earlier in other threads why Amal wants the finance ministry.
Hezbullah can't risk not being represented in the gov by a minister it names, USA would have successfully isolated Hezb from this body.

This is where the USA meets with France and this is why USA allowed France to take the initiative in return of denying Hezb a seat in the gov.
In 2005, the Hariri case and the French-American consensus took the Syrian army out of Lebanon, and changed the political equation in Lebanon.

Will the French-American consensus today, after he port explosion change the reality of the Lebanese political scene.

By: @tammam1975
And what was written by the Lebanese French journalist above now confirms what I said earlier in this thread. It's a soft coup on Hezbollah's and it's allies representation in the government

This time not in favor of 14 March, but newly formed parties from the 17 October and NGO
Hariri: The Ministry of Finance and other ministerial portfolios are not an exclusive right of any sect, and refusal to rotate is a frustration and a violation of the right of last resort to save Lebanon and the Lebanese. https://t.co/2QY9KQ3Qjd
Before the massacre of civilians by the Israeli backed militias in Lebanon, IDF special forces entered the camp and successfully assassinated all their intended targets before allowing the Lebanese groups to carry their purge. https://t.co/lHcP6oAIlI
The sounds of explosions heard in south Lebanon is due to IDF artillery training in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
Due to the alert situation, IDF is only doing patrols with tanks near the border instead of other vehicles that can be easily destroyed with ATGMs.

This explains the sounds of Merkavas yesterday on the border. https://t.co/gJEgnhnXiH
The French Presidency: We regret the failure of the Lebanese politicians to fulfill their pledges to Macron.

The French Presidency: It is not too late to form a government and work in the interest of Lebanon. https://t.co/vdbRTOOT8R
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon: The Pre-Trial Judge adjourned the session and will resume after a 30-minute break.

Note: I think this is the reopening of Ayyash case by his defense to prove his innocence.
New information: Hariri suggested that the Interior Ministry go to the Orthodox, the finance to the Sunnis and the Shiite take the defense.
Today, Wednesday, the Israeli army presented to Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi a preliminary investigation into an incident of stealing weapons from a military base in the north. 1/
Chief of Staff Kochavi indicated that a preliminary investigation revealed that the accident was considered very serious, and a number of failures, defects and errors were found. 2/

Translated from Hebrew by: @YounesZaatari
Kochavi ordered the formation of an investigation committee headed by an officer with the rank of colonel, whose task is to examine these aspects in depth, and it must present its conclusions within about a month. 3/
Bunch of kids with extra time on their hand.

IDF has no right to attack Syria, and Israel has no right to object the Iranian and Lebanese presence in Syria since they were invited by the Syrian government.

Arrogant lying army of foreigners in our region. https://t.co/A2GydGcGcn
This is simply IDF saying, we acknowledge all the attacks we did illegally in Syria and we are going to do more, because who cares about international law.
634 new COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths.

- 12,401 tests were done (a record), including 10,481 locally. Positive date decrease greatly to 5.9% https://t.co/Ws760M0B1s
My test came back negative too :) https://t.co/m1ma2Uxyp7