BEIRUT President Michel Aoun on Tuesday called for stability in Lebanon and urged forgiveness after a political row involving his son-in-law triggered street protests. Supporters of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a long time political adversary of Aoun, set ablaze tyres and blocked roads on Monday in protest against comments made by Aoun's son-in-law, Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil who had called him"a thug". (Reuters)
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Lebanon's Aoun urges stability, forgiveness
Jan 31, 2018
BEIRUT President Michel Aoun on Tuesday called for stability in Lebanon and urged forgiveness after a political row involving his son-in-law triggered street protests. Supporters of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a long time political adversary of Aoun, set ablaze tyres and blocked roads on Monday in protest against comments made by Aoun's son-in-law, Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil who had called him"a thug". (Reuters)