Lebanese Forces Boycott Cabinet Session Over Failure to Refer Dahr al-Baydar Explosives File to the Judicial Council

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1. 27 Oct 2026, 21:16 Rabih El-Haber said in remarks to RED TV that a settlement had been reached in the explosives truck file and that referral to the Judicial Council was held back for fear of repercussions on civil peace in Lebanon, adding that Hezbollah managed to prevent the referral through two silent ministers inside the government and positions from outside it.
2. 27 Oct 2026, 21:53 An article on the Southiya website addressed the explosives shipment seized by the Internal Security Forces while being transported from the Bekaa toward Beirut, noting that it belongs to Hezbollah and was earmarked for the war in the south, and the demand to refer the file to the Judicial Council, linking the case to responsibility for the decisions that brought Lebanon into a confrontation with Israel in October 2023 and again in March 2026 after Hezbollah fired rockets following the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
3. 28 Oct 2026, 06:52 Sources told Al-Liwaa newspaper that the Dahr al-Baydar bombings file is likely to return to the forefront and be raised again after the fuse of the cabinet blow-up was pulled, in light of the repeated demand by Lebanese Forces ministers and the Kataeb Party minister to refer the file to the Judicial Council.
4. 28 Oct 2026, 21:34 Karam announced that his ministers will not take part in tomorrow's session, as reported by Lebanon24, without details in the available text on the reason for the boycott or the nature of the session.
5. 28 Oct 2026, 23:06 The ministers representing the Lebanese Forces announced a boycott of Thursday's cabinet session, devoted to the waste file, in protest at the failure to include the draft referral of the Dahr al-Baydar explosives file to the Judicial Council on the agenda; they called on the president and the prime minister to put the draft decree to a vote at the earliest session without delay, warning of the repercussions of the electricity file on supply hours.
6. 29 Oct 2026, 08:15 Sources in the Lebanese Forces told Ad-Diyar newspaper that the party's ministers are studying several options, foremost among them boycotting the next cabinet session, should its agenda be devoid of the relevant file.
7. 29 Oct 2026, 12:07 Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported that Lebanese Forces ministers boycotted Thursday's cabinet session in protest at the failure to include the referral of the explosives file seized in Dahr al-Baydar and Al-Qasr to the Judicial Council, while the session was limited to the waste file, and that the ministers called on the president and the prime minister to place the draft decree on the agenda and vote on it without delay. It added that Hezbollah declared the shipment belongs to the resistance and was aimed against Israel, while judicial sources said the investigations are advanced.
8. 29 Oct 2026, 12:48 MP Jihad Bqaradouni, a member of the "Strong Republic" bloc, criticized the Lebanese government on X for its delay in referring the explosives file to the Judicial Council, asking how it could implement its commitment to disarmament under those circumstances.
9. 29 Oct 2026, 15:27 Ministers began arriving at the Government Palace in Beirut to take part in the cabinet session, then the Lebanon Debate correspondent reported that the session began amid a boycott by the Lebanese Forces ministers.
10. 29 Oct 2026, 15:54 Industry Minister Joe Issa El Khoury said the boycott is being managed "session by session" with clear coordination with the Kataeb Party, while Lebanese Forces sources described the current situation as a "mini-withdrawal" that could develop and denied heading toward resignation. Constitutional expert Said Malek considered the move an abstention from attending today's session only and not a resignation.
11. 29 Oct 2026, 17:13 The Lebanon Debate correspondent reported that the cabinet session was still ongoing, with the waste file under discussion and the Dahr al-Baydar explosives file raised from outside the agenda.
12. 29 Oct 2026, 18:27 Nassar stated that the explosives file will be raised at the next session, and the Lebanon Debate correspondent later reported that the cabinet session had ended at the Government Palace without further details on its outcome.
13. 29 Oct 2026, 18:55 Lebanese Information Minister Paul Morcos announced that the cabinet session was devoted to addressing the waste file and included a presentation by the Environment Ministry on the solid waste management strategy, and conveyed that the justice minister raised the explosives file during the session while the prime minister insisted the session was dedicated to the waste file.
14. 29 Oct 2026, 19:25 The Lebanese cabinet devoted its weekly session at the Grand Serail, chaired by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, exclusively to the waste file, in the absence of the energy, foreign, industry and artificial intelligence ministers, and heard a presentation by the environment minister on the required structural reforms, including the cost recovery law, the appointment of the board of the National Solid Waste Management Authority and the adoption of the updated strategy, as well as a joint presentation by the president of the Council for Development and Reconstruction.

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