Newly named Prime Minister Hassan Diab
Beirut, Ankara … News Time
Anti-government protesters in Lebanon also rejected new nominee Prime Minister Hassan Diab. According to news agencies, Hassan Diab was nominated by Hezbollah and its allies for the Ministry of Justice, opponents of the protest once again took to the streets. According to national law, the prime minister in Lebanon should have a Sunni faith. Earlier, Saad al-Hariri, of the Sunni political party Future Party, resigned from the post of prime minister in October. Hassan Diab is a computer engineer and professor at the American University of Beirut.
The Lebanese minister’s special plane, on the other hand, caused a new war on Twitter. The picture of acting Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil and his fellow Defense Minister Elias Bou Saab went viral on social media, in which both the ministers are boarded with other people in a luxurious plane. The Foreign Minister explained that my team is with me on every foreign trip. I pay out of pocket for foreign trips and special aircraft costs. It should be noted that the demonstrations have been underway in Lebanon since October 17.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
On the other hand, tensions are rising in the region amid fresh clashes between internationally recognized government and rebel Khalifa Haftar Militia in Libya. In this war-torn country, the United National Government has signed a defense agreement with Turkey, after that many regional and international powers have come into the field. In this context, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticized Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, France and Italy. Turkish president tells journalists to give ex-General Khalifa Haftar power in Libya and efforts are underway to ignore the internationally recognized government. He accused the four countries of being involved in these efforts. At the same time, he expressed regret over the cooperation of Russian security agency with the Haftar militia in this war. He said Turkey would not go hand in hand with changes in its regional situation.
On the other hand, rebel militias have claimed to have bombed 20 positions of government forces. Rebel militia says its fighter jets bombed the Air Academy in Misrata, in the south of the city; the air raids also erupted with explosions as a result of air raids. In the meantime, sources said that the army and rebel militia had also fought a raid in Al-Bari Valley, south of Tripoli. The rebel militia claims that it has tightened siege in two cities besides Tripoli, including Misrata and Sarat. Teaching activities have also been suspended in all public and private sector educational institutions in the area.
