Sharp debates emerged between the Free Patriotic Movement and AMAL over oil exploration off

Lebanon’s shore, local newspapers reported on Thursday.

The different points of view over addressing the issue created a heated debate in the cabinet session held at

the Grand Serail on Wednesday, which prompted the postponement of discussions to the session scheduled

to convene on September 5, according to Speaker Nabih Berri's advisor Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil.

Khalil said the postponement came due to the absence of Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour, who is

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