Hariri calls Berri, discusses latest developments

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri called on Sunday Speaker Nabih Berri and discussed with him the latest developments, after two rockets hit Beirut’s southern suburb, denouncing the incident and stressing the need to double the efforts in order to prevent such incidents from being repeated.                  

In this context, Hariri stressed that the said incident is “a criminal and terrorist act which must be denounced no matter who implemented it or panned it, especially since it has hit a populated area,” calling on everyone to be aware of the gravity of participating in foreign conflicts aiming at “using the Lebanese people as fuel to their fires.”                

“Following such incidents, we must recall that the national responsibility requires that all the parties and leaderships concerned with Lebanon’s security and stability must end their activities which aim at weakening the state authority,” Hariri added.

Two rockets hit Beirut’s southern suburb on Sunday wounding several people, including Syrian nationals. One of the rockets landed in a car sales yard next to a busy road junction in the Chiyah neighborhood while the other hit an apartment several hundred meters away.

 The rockets launchers were later found in the hills located between Bsaba and Aitat in Mount Lebanon.