Lebanon Factions Focus on Divisive Issues
Leaders of Lebanon’s rival factions Monday focused on the biggest issues that divide the country — the fate of the pro-Syrian president and the U.N. call for the disarmament of the militant group Hezbollah. Politicians and business leaders have warned of instability and economic woes if the talks fail. “We must use all our potential to prevent the dialogue from collapsing,” parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, the convener of a conference of rival factions, was quoted as saying in Monday’s edition of As-Safir newspaper. Full Story