The political deadlock appeared no closer to resolution after Prime Minister Fuad Siniora vowed an attempted ‘coup’ by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was bound to fail and urged a return to talks between Lebanon’s feuding pro- and anti-Syrian camps.
Nasrallah's movement has spearheaded opposition protests and called a new mass rally for Sunday after thousands have camped out on the government's doorstep for nine days.
The opposition, which no longer recognises the rump cabinet after six pro-Damascus ministers resigned last month, has vowed to ramp up its protest until the government gives in to demands to make way for a national unity administration. “Monday will be a new day in Lebanon,” the pro-Hezbollah Al-Akhbar newspaper quoted an opposition organiser as saying.—AFP