Leila Abdel Latif launches series of predictions for Lebanon and the region

Lebanon 

-Repercussions of prolonging parliament's mandate are ongoing

-Change and Reform Bloc leader MP Michel Aoun will launch an initiative towards Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea

-Presidential race still limited between Lebanese Armed Forces Chief Jean Kahwagi and former Minister Jean Obeid

-An important event at the beginning of 2015 will lead to the election of a new president

-Health Minister Wael Abou Faour will continue with the food safety campaign despite rumors that will target his reputation and image

-Health Ministry campaigns will target bakeries and hospitals

-Minister Michel Pharaon will assume a major role to boost tourism in Lebanon 

-Around 80% of risk on kidnapped soldiers has subsided. Negotiations to secure their release are ongoing; however, escalatory measures by their relatives will cause some tension in Lebanon

-Calm will prevail over Tripoli and North Lebanon despite raid operations and security measures

-Tripoli officials, including former Prime Minister Najib Mikati and former Minister Mohammad Safadi will contribute to the reconstruction of the Bab El-Tebbaneh neighborhood

-Tension will prevail over a town in Iqlim El-Kharoub on the backdrop of a horrific crime

-Members of a drug gang will be arrested at a university

-Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will agree with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri on the necessity of building bridges in order to prevent strife in Lebanon

-Meeting will be held between Nasrallah and Hariri; another meeting between Geagea and Nasrallah

-Lebanese Armed Forces will be successful in implementing a security plan in various Lebanese regions

-Tension will erupt in Al-Danniyeh

-Marada leader MP Sleiman Frangieh will play a major role in the presidential dossier

-An issue of corruption at the port of Beirut will raise the awareness of security forces

-Lebanon, along with international community, will face a serious problem due to increasing influx of refugees

Egypt

-Egypt will assume an important role in Arab conflicts mainly in Yemen, Libya, and Syria

Syria

-Solution for the Syrian crisis will begin with the year 2015

-More bloodshed will be witnessed in Aleppo, Daraa, and Homs

-A new "massacre" will take place in Syria

-Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad will deliver a high-rhetoric speech. He will insist on engaging in peaceful negotiations without concessions

-Dialogue sessions will be held between the moderate opposition and the Syrian regime

Libya

-Libya is heading towards freedom; army will control border crossings with Tunisia and will enter into the capital