Qatar, Worried about Increased Security Breaches, Steps In
Qatar dispatched the general manager of Qatar News Agency Sheik Jabr bin Youssef Bin Jassem al-Thani to Beirut early Friday in an effort to settle the safety issue in the wake of increased security breaches.
Diplomatic sources told the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat that the Qatari envoy was dispatched upon request from MP Saad Hariri after he announced he was suspending his participation in talks aimed at forming a new cabinet to protest slack security in Beirut.
Hariri said he would only return to talks on the new cabinet line-up when the various political sides that signed the Doha deal commit themselves to implementing all terms of the agreement, including its security part.