Al Jadeed reported, citing the newspaper Al-Akhbar, that Lebanon overcame a major crisis last week over the campaign that accompanied the Dahr al-Baidar truck file.
According to the newspaper, ongoing contacts have so far succeeded in containing the escalation.
Fears of internal confrontation
The newspaper reports fears that politicizing the judicial process of the case could lead to an internal confrontation that goes beyond the incident itself.
The file has not been referred to the Judicial Council
According to Al Jadeed's report, the file has not been referred to the Judicial Council. Al Jadeed's report states that the non-referral was regarded as an indication that the matter is being kept within a ceiling that does not blow up the dispute with Hezbollah or place it in direct confrontation with the state and its institutions.
What remains unclear
Al Jadeed's report does not provide details of the Dahr al-Baidar truck incident or what happened in it. It also does not provide details of the nature of the campaign that accompanied the file or who is behind it. The parties that conducted the contacts have not been identified, nor has their substance. It is also unclear whether the file will later be referred to the Judicial Council.
All of the information above remains attributed to Al-Akhbar as reported by Al Jadeed, and has not been independently verified.