...
Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as
The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
took part in behind-the-scenes political contacts over the past few hours in a bid to contain the repercussions of President Michel Aoun
...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
’s remarks from Bkirki, in which he accused the Shiite Duo of obstructing the probe into the Beirut port blast, a media report said.
Aoun’s remarks came after Finance Minister Youssef Khalil, who is close to Speaker Nabih
KnobbyBerri
...Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians..., refused to sign the appointments of the heads of the Court of Cassation, which is looking into recusal lawsuits against the judge leading the investigations into the port blast case, Tarek Bitar.
Quoting Ain el-Tineh visitors, ad-Diyar newspaper said Berri was dismayed by Aoun’s remarks but chose to remain silent.
Sources close to Aoun meanwhile said that the president is not seeking an escalation and that his remarks were merely "a description of facts."