An Arab delegation arrived in Beirut airport Wednesday to discuss with rival Lebanese leaders ways to end the Lebanese crisis which developed into sectarian violence in the past days.
The delegation, which arrived at Rafik Hariri International Airport on board of a plane of Qatari Air, headed directly to Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri's mansion in Ain el-Tineh in Beirut.
Local An Nahar daily reported Wednesday that the team, headed by Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, was to meet members of the government and the Hezbollah-led opposition who have been locked in a bitter political feud for 18 months.
The delegation came after Lebanon's political crisis boiled to deadly clashes between pro and anti-government supporters, which left at least 72 people dead and about 200 others injured.
The clashes broke out last Wednesday after the Lebanese cabinet decided to cease the private communication network of Hezbollah, and remove airport security chief Gen. Wafik Shqaier for alleged links to Hezbollah.
Lebanon is facing the most complicated political crisis since 1975-1990 civil war. Lebanese political rival groups were unable to achieve a breakthrough to elect a new president for the country since Nov. 24 last year when ex-president Emile Lahoud ended his term.
Source:Xinhua
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