The General Secretariat of Catholic Schools in Lebanon has declared the closure of all its educational institutions this Friday, announcing it as a "day of prayer for the salvation of Lebanon."
The Lebanese Forces official was likely killed by Hezbollah © Mena Today
The General Secretariat of Catholic Schools in Lebanon has declared the closure of all its educational institutions this Friday, announcing it as a "day of prayer for the salvation of Lebanon."
This comes just six days after the murder of Pascal Sleiman, head of the Lebanese Forces (LF) office in the Jbeil district. A funeral mass is set to be held today at Saint George's Church in Jbeil, officiated by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Raï.
The statement from the Catholic schools, which was echoed by several local media outlets, "strongly condemns the acts of murder and any violation of human dignity" as well as "the prevailing security disorder" in Lebanon, signaling a tense period following the incident.
Two days after Sleiman's disappearance, the Lebanese Army reported that he had been killed by Syrian mafiosos, a claim contested by the LF who see it as a "political assassination until proven otherwise ».
The past few days have unfolded like a geopolitical drama of historic proportions in Lebanon, where Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shia militia long considered untouchable, appears to be teetering on the edge of a seismic shift.
In a defiant speech on Friday evening, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Sheikh Naim Qassem, insisted that the group “will not allow anyone to disarm it,” rejecting growing internal calls for the Lebanese state to reclaim exclusive control over the country’s weapons.
A Latin American diplomatic source revealed to the Saudi news channel Al-Hadath that Hezbollah has recently relocated approximately 400 of its regional commanders, along with their families, to several countries across South America — including Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, and Ecuador.
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