MUFTI DERIAN DISCUSSES GENERAL SITUATION WITH UN’S WRONECKA, MEETS ‘HAMAS’ DELEGATION

Grand Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian, on Thursday received in Dar-el-Fatwa, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, with whom he discussed the current situation in Lebanon and the region. Mufti Derian also received in Dar-el-Fatwa a delegation from the leadership of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Lebanon ‘Hamas,’ headed by its representative, Ahmed Abdel Hadi, and including his deputy, Jad Taha, and the political and media relations official, Abdel Majeed Awad. On emerging, Abdel Hadi said that they briefed the Mufti on the latest developments related to the ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ battle.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

BELGIAN AMBASSADOR VISITS BOU SAAB, SAYS LEBANON SHOULD AVOID SLIDING INTO WAR

Deputy House Speaker, Elias Bou Saab, on Thursday welcomed Belgian Ambassador to Lebanon, Koen Vervaeke. Discussions between the pair reportedly focused on the latest Gaza war developments. For his part, the Belgian Ambassador encouraged ‘Lebanon to avoid sliding into war as much as possible,’ according to a statement by Bou Saab’s office. In turn, Bou Saab stressed that ‘no one in Lebanon wants war,’ demanding that ‘there be a clear position by the European Union condemning the massacres that are being committed daily in Gaza against civilians, including children, women, and men, and that there be a real effort to stop these crimes by resorting to an immediate cease fire coupled with political solutions.’

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2023

Time Topic 9:00 am National conference on palliative care titled ‘Dignity in Palliative Care and at End-of-Life’ at the Halim and Aida Daniel Academic Hall Building within the palliative care program organized by the Medical Center at the American University of Beirut. 12:00 pm Session by the Islamic Sharia Council headed by Mufti of the Republic Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian at Dar Al-Fatwa to discuss Islamic and national affairs. 3:30 pm Rally in Mathaf region under the slogan ‘National unity first… Muslims and Christians, we protect Lebanon by keeping it out of the war.’

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2023

Time Topic 11:00 am The Judicial Council, headed by Judge Suhail Abboud, convenes at the Palace of Justice in Beirut to follow up on Subhi Fakhri and his wife Nadima’s death trial. 11:00 am The Lebanese-Palestinian Youth Meeting organizes a solidarity stand with the people of Gaza in front of Al-Jadeed TV in Beirut. 11:30 am Press conference by head of the Bakeries and Ovens Syndicate in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, Captain Nasser Sorour, at the bakeries’ syndicate headquarters – Hadath Al-Jamous, next to Al-Hadi Bakeries. 1:00 pm Sit-in at the invitation of the ‘Umma Movement’ in support of Palestine and its struggling people, at the mosque and complex of the Islamic College – Beirut – Bir Hassan – near the Kuwaiti Embassy. 4:00 pm Sit-in organized by Hezbollah at Basta al-Tahta Square in Beirut, ‘in victory and support for the resistance of the proud Palestinian people and in denunciation of the American-Zionist aggression.’ 6:00 pm Screening of a documentary film titled ‘Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall’ within the palliative care program organized by the American University of Beirut Medical Center, at the Issam Fares Institute on the university’s campus.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon