October 28, 2026
The heads of the federations of municipalities in Akkar Governorate held a meeting at the headquarters of the Federation of Jurd al-Qayta’ Municipalities in the town of Harrar, in coordination with all of the governorate’s federations, to discuss the issue of renting a building in the city of Halba to be the headquarters of the Palace of Justice, as part of efforts aimed at securing an appropriate judicial facility that serves the people of the region and facilitates their access to services.
The heads of the federations participated in the meeting: Muhammad Al-Baarini, Abdel-Rahman Al-Hassan, Antoine Abboud, Alaa Abdel-Wahed, Omar Al-Hayek, Adnan Melhem, Ali Asber, and Muhammad Abbas, in addition to the mayor of Halba, Abdel Hamid Al-Halabi, and the vice president of the Union of Jurd Al-Qayta’ Municipalities, Zidan Barakat.
After reviewing the various aspects of the file, the attendees called for approaching the issue of the Palace of Justice within a comprehensive vision for developing the judicial reality in Akkar, considering that the solution is not limited to securing a building only, but rather requires completing the administrative and judicial structure to enable the governorate to obtain its rights and the components of its administration.
At the conclusion of the meeting, it was agreed to request a meeting with the Minister of Justice, Adel Nassar, in coordination with the head of the Bar Association in Tripoli and the North, Marwan Daher, to present the file and discuss practical steps to secure the headquarters. The attendees also called for a clear ministerial commitment to establish all courts and judicial departments in Akkar, in line with its administrative character as a governorate, and to alleviate the suffering of citizens who are forced to incur the hardship of moving outside to pursue their cases.
The participants stressed that the step to rent the building in Halba must be consistent with an integrated path to activate judicial facilities in accordance with the rules, stressing that this move comes to strengthen coordination between municipalities and official and union bodies, in order to dedicate the principle of balanced development and to guarantee the right of the people of the governorate to obtain public services within their geographical scope.
