"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

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Thursday, April 02, 2015

Senior US official to visit Lebanon for talks: report- Daily Star

BEIRIUT: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make a short visit to Lebanon for talks with government officials as well as religious and military leaders, local media reported Thursday.
Reports stated Blinken, who is scheduled to arrive Sunday on a two-day visit, will meet Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Tammam Salam, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, Lebanese Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi, Maronite Patriarch Boutros Rai and Mufti Abdel-Latif Derian.
An-Nahar newspaper said the talks will focus on developments in the region in the wake of the Saudi-led airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Blinken will brief Lebanese officials on the U.S. position on the region, particularly on Syria, according to daily Al-Joumhouria.