DALY SCOPE: Syrians, Lebanese Depart from Lebanon Daily from Tripoli Port
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AS-SAFIR:
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AN-NAHAR:
4500 Northern Lebanese Resort to Migration
AL-AKHBAR:
Berri: Dialogue Safe
AL-LIWAA:
Salam Upset from Waste Plan Impediment, Future Party Adherent to Dialogue
Lebanese newspapers on Wednesday discussed several domestic and regional topics, shedding light on the dozens of Lebanese and Syrians leaving Lebanon from the Tripoli port to Turkey, where upon arrival they find their way to Europe. Also, the ongoing cabinet impasse has been a matter of ongoing discussion among politicians, which the papers underscore regularly.
AN-NAHAR: Lebanese, Syrians Departing from Tripoli Port Daily
A ship transporting Syrians and Lebanese departs every Morning from Tripoli port heading to Turkey, sources told An-Nahar newspaper on Wednesday.
Sources from the port told the newspaper that the ship transports hundreds of Syrians and over 15 Lebanese, mainly residents of the North, on a daily basis.
"This has been taking place for the past three-and-a-half-months," noted the sources.
The source further told the paper that it that entire families have also started seeking to leave the country since the beginning of October, as before then, in general, youths were the ones to travel.
Usually, it was lone youths who traveled abroad through the port on these ships, but today more than 5 families depart the country at a time, and once in Turkey, they make their way into Europe, explained the source.
The sources also highlighted that the number of Lebanese migrants from the North has exceeded 2,000, while another 2,000 or more leave from Beirut's International Airport. By that, the total number tops 4,500.
An-Nahar said that around 1,050 Lebanese have made it safely to Europe.
A Lebanese family of 12 was on the migrant boat that sank off while traveling from Turkey's shores to the Greek island of Lesbos, the Voice of Lebanon radio station said last Thursday.
It said that the Safwan family, which hails from Ouzai, south of Beirut, had travelled to Turkey to take the migrant boat to Greece in the hopes of seeking asylum in Germany.
AS-SAFIR: Deteriorating Conditions Continue, World Bank to Exclude Lebanon from Aid List
In a statement to As-Safir newspaper, Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil warned that he will be compelled to close down the finance ministry if the deteriorating conditions are not rectified and in case attrition continues.
He said that the parliamentary paralysis and failure to stipulate loans of the World Bank has pushed the organization to issue a warning that it would exclude Lebanon from its aid list, the newspaper added.
Advising all political officials to take his words seriously, he added that everyone must do his utmost effort to stop that, which requires primarily holding an urgent legislative session," he added.
"Lebanon will actually lose three loans worth $700 million. A loan worth $474 million to drag water to the capital Beirut and Mount Lebanon is one of the most important ones that Lebanon will lose if the parliament fails to resolve the paralysis before the end of December," he added.
AL-JOMHOURIA: Waste management Crisis Should Be Determined in Coming Days
Prime Minister Tammam Salam has demanded that a response over the proposed solution to the waste management crisis be made in the coming days, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Wednesday.
His sources told the newspaper that his patience is "wearing thin" and that he "will not wait forever" for the matter to be resolved.
He made his remarks during a meeting he held on Tuesday with Speaker Nabih Berri ahead of the re-election of members of parliament's various committees.
Lebanon's waste crisis, one of its many current crises, had erupted in July when Lebanon's largest landfill in Naameh was closed. Trash began piling up on the streets of Beirut and Mount Lebanon, forcing the dumping of waste in makeshift sites and along riverbanks.
The cabinet has been unable to convene because of major differences between its members on the promotion of high-ranking military officers and the decision-making mechanism that it should adopt in light of the presidential impasse.
Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb has been leading efforts to resolve the garbage crisis that erupted with the closure of the Naameh landfill in July as politicians failed to find an alternative for it.
Source: al-Ahed news
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