Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat described the Lebanese expats voting as “good”, as he urged political parties running in the upcoming May parliamentary elections to stop “tense rhetoric,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

On Lebanese expats voting, which took place in six Arab countries on Friday, Jumblat said: “It’s a good indicator because in the end these expats have come to be able to cast their votes.”

In spite of the announcements made by the “state authority” that the expat vote in Arab countries “passed smoothly” on Friday, but some “complaints” have been reported by Lebanese expats registered to take part in these elections, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

Expatriates kicked off Lebanon's parliamentary polls by voting abroad on Friday, a first for the small country's huge diaspora.

The dead body of a young man was found overnight on the rooftop of a residential building in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.

NNA said the victim was identified as Omar Z., Palestinian. He was found dead on his home rooftop in Sidon’s refugee camp.

The Constitutional Council discussing a controversial Article 49 of the state budget decided to temporarily suspend it until a final decision is reached on the appealed article, LBCI said Thursday.

The interior ministry launched an “application” on its website that allows Lebanese voters locate the polling stations specified for each, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

At the inaugural session of the Brussels II Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region Wednesday, Prime Minister Saad Hariri pointed out that the situation in Lebanon is worsening as it hosts around 1.5 displaced Syrians, saying the country has turned into a big camp for refugees.

Preparations for Lebanese emigrants voting from abroad are underway as President Michel Aoun is set to deliver a statement Wednesday evening urging Lebanese expats for massive participation in the country’s general elections, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

President Michel Aoun has asked the Parliament to reevaluate a state budget article which stipulates granting residence permits to every Arab or foreign who buys a housing unit in Lebanon, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

A Hizbullah member was killed on Tuesday in a blast inside his home in the Sidon neighborhood of Haret Saida.