Politics The Lebanese Economic Committees, a leading private sector alliance, came out Tuesday against bringing down the government in the streets, urging calm to safeguard the economy from repercussions of political and security turmoil. “Despite the enormity of the loss in the killing of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan, we condemn road blocks and the attempt to storm the Grand Serail,” committees head Adnan Kassar said. “We call on all political sides to endorse a moderate political discourse to help save what is left of the Lebanese economy,” he added at a news conference. More from The Daily Star Jordan's King Abdullah on Tuesday called on the country's Islamist opposition to end a boycott of forthcoming parliamentary elections he said would usher in a new era of political reforms. In an address to a large gathering of opposition and tribal figures at the royal palace, the monarch said the opposition
