Report: Lebanese, French and UNIFIL dismay behind Jeffers' replacement
As informed sources said that there are no motives behind the replacement of the head of the ceasefire committee Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers, other sources told Al-Akhbar newspaper that 'a lot of criticism inside and outside Lebanon targeted Jeffers' performance, especially from the French side and the UNIFIL forces, due to his bad role in managing the committee and his obstruction of its work many times.'
'The replacement of the U.S. general in this period might be linked to the Lebanese insistence on the intervention of foreign countries to prevent Israel from attacking Lebanon and after Paris demanded the activation of the committee's work, especially after Lebanon rejected that it be replaced with diplomatic committees to resolve the pending files,' the sources added.
Al-Akhbar meanwhile said that the committee will convene Thursday after a one-month suspension of its meetings and that the Higher Defense Council will convene Friday under the chairmanship of President Joseph Aoun for the first time since his election, to discuss the latest security and military developments.
Media reports meanwhile said that the Council will take a 'very important' decision.
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