Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh accused President Michel Aoun of allegedly “interfering and taking sides in the parliamentary elections” by supporting his own Free Patriotic Movement, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.

Head of the Electoral Supervisory Committee, Judge Nadim Abdul Malak reminded parliamentary hopefuls to observe the period of pre-election silence in accordance with the law ahead of Sunday’s general elections, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.

The campaign silence allows a period for voters to reflect on events before casting their votes.

Thousands of polling station employees started casting their votes on Thursday in an early election, two days before the country launches its first legislative elections in nine years on Sunday.

Lebanon’s government will convene in a final meeting before the country launches its general elections on Sunday, to discuss some files described as “non controversial” amid expectations it is going to be “calm and short”, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

The Israeli army on Wednesday abducted Lebanese shepherd Ismail Saab from the border town of Shebaa, the National News Agency said.

“Following contacts conducted by UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) and the international Red Cross, it turned out that he was taken to the occupied Shebaa Farms,” NNA added.

A couple of days before Lebanon launches its general elections, Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq urged voters and candidates on Wednesday to “abide by the law” to ensure a smooth electoral process.

Around 248 administrative government employees and professors, tasked by the government to head the polling stations on Sunday’s general elections, prepare to cast their votes two days earlier at the Zgharta Serail, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Hizbullah has denied Morocco’s accusations that the party has been delivering weapons to the separatist Polisario Front in Western Sahara, after it severed relations with Iran over the allegations.

Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is urging high turnout in Lebanon's parliamentary elections due on May 6.

In a speech to supporters in the eastern city of Baalbek on Tuesday, Nasrallah says the group needs "political protection" against those conspiring against it, and that "this protection is afforded by your votes."

Customs police at the Rafik Hariri International Airport on Tuesday, thwarted a drug smuggling bid and seized six kilograms of drugs carefully hidden inside shoe soles, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.