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Residents and the Naameh Municipality vowed Thursday not to allow the reopening of the area's landfill despite a pledge by Agriculture Minister Akram Chehayeb that the state would not exceed the seven-day period determined by his plan to solve Lebanon’s waste crisis.
"The temporary use of the (Naameh) landfill will not exceed this period by one hour," Chehayeb said in a statement issued by his Progressive Socialist Party press office.
He underlined that the PSP "has been at the forefront of political powers that demanded the permanent closure of the landfill and will not allow its reopening."
"The plan only determines the reopening of the landfill temporarily and for a limited period of time," the statement said.
Chehayeb said that all the necessary measures were taken to ensure that the landfill will be used to produce energy for the surrounding areas after the seven-day period, urging municipalities to follow up on the plan and ensure its accurate implementation.
Meanwhile, the head of the environmental committee at Parliament, Marwan Hamade, called for a meeting on Monday in presence of Chehayeb.
The meeting is set to discuss the minister's plan and listen to remarks by waste management specialists who helped shape the plan.
In a statement Thursday, Naameh's municipality said it would not agree on reopening the landfill "even for one hour."
The Campaign to Close Naameh Landfill also vowed to keep it shut. Activists held a protest at 5:00 p.m. at the facility's entrance, warning authorities against using force to implement the decision. Activists from the You Stink campaign, which has taken a hardline stance against the reopening of the landfill, joined the protest.

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The military shelled the positions of gunmen on the outskirts of Arsal and Ras Baalbek. In the afternoon, the army shelled a group of IS militants who tried to infiltrate from Syria into the outskirts of the al-Naamat area in Lebanese territory, NNA said. “The Lebanese army's artillery bombardment thwarted their infiltration attempt and forced them to retreat,” the agency added. The militants from al-Nusra Front and the IS are taking the porous Lebanese-Syrian border as a hiding place.
Their threat rose in August last year when they overran Arsal and took with them hostages from the military and police following deadly clashes.
They have since executed four of them.
The army regularly clashes with the militants and thwarts their attempts to infiltrate Arsal.

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On 17 July 15, the residents of Naameh and nearby areas erected tents and staged an open-ended sit-in near the landfill after the last truck left the facility, following the expiry of the deadline for its closure, in order to prevent garbage trucks from operating in the area.

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On 21 June 15, roads in Qasqas, al-Naameh, Tariq el-Jdideh, Corniche al-Mazraa were briefly blocked in both directions to protest the torture of inmates in Roumieh prison. http://www.lebanondebate.com/details.aspx?id=208307 http://www.lebanondebate.com/details.aspx?id=208340

In the Bekaa, residents of the town of Saadnayel blocked the road linking their town to neighboring Taalbaya in both directions. Meanwhile, LBCI television said "families of Islamist prisoners have started to gather at al-Nour Square (in the northern city of Tripoli) to protest the torture of prisoners in Roumieh. LAF reopened al-Abdeh roundabout after it was briefly blocked with burning tires by young men from the Akkar town of Bebnin, NNA said.

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NNA - The roads of Saadnayel, Taalbaya and Bar Elias were reopened on Monday morning after the tension that was caused by the video of the torture of prisoners in Roumieh prison, NNA field reporter said. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/45718/Saadnayel-Taalbaya-Bar-Elias-re...