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L’Égypte et l’Arabie séoudite promettent d’« aider le Liban » de la même façon qu’ils ont « aidé » les Palestiniens à Gaza

Egypt ready to help Lebanon army and security forces
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Egypt’s Ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Hamdi has said that his country is ready to provide “all possible aid” to the Lebanese army and security forces.

Hamdi on Saturday said that the issue would be discussed with Lebanon’s Army Chief Jean Qahwaji on Monday, Xinhua reported.
“We support Lebanon and its national government in its pursuit of stability, and we will not hesitate in doing anything that serves the country in the future,” Hamdi said.

Recently, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah entrusted Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri with a $1 billion grant to support the Lebanese armed forces with their immediate needs to fight terrorism.

Lebanon arrests clan member over kidnappings
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Lebanon’s army said on Saturday its forces raided a southern district of Beirut and arrested a member of a powerful Shiite clan which claims responsibility for the kidnapping of 20 Syrians and a Turkish businessman.

“Army forces carried out a raid to execute arrest warrants against individuals that were linked to kidnappings ... The army arrested a number of wanted, including Hassan Meqdad,” an army statement said, without mentioning the kidnapped.

The Meqdad clan abducted the men on August 15 in what they said was a response to the capture of one of their kinsmen in Damascus by the Free Syrian Army, the armed wing of a revolt which aims to topple Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.