The March 14 alliance is fighting to preserve Lebanon’s official position on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, a March 14 source told Al-Liwaa newspaper’s Tuesday edition.
The anonymous source added that outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s recent statement that the “Saudi-Syrian initiative [to end Lebanon’s impasse] has become something of the past” was to put a stop to demands that the March 14 coalition must make concessions on issues regarding the STL.
Hezbollah brought down Saad Hariri's government on January 12 after a long-running dispute over the tribunal investigating the 2005 murder of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri, which the party worries will implicate its members.
Najib Mikati, backed by March 8, was appointed to the premiership last week, giving Hezbollah and its allies increased leverage in the country and provoking widespread protests.
The PM-designate called on all Lebanese parties to join the upcoming cabinet. However, March 14 parties said that they will not take part in a cabinet headed by Mikati but asked that he first clarify his stance on non-state weapons and the STL.
Before the January 12 cabinet collapse, Syrian and Saudi officials were reportedly communicating to resolve the Lebanese crisis.
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