The Internal Security Forces announced the arrest of two wanted drug dealers after thorough follow-up and monitoring, the ISF said in a statement on Saturday.

A patrol of the Anti-Narcotics Bureau arrested one of the suspects on Thursday. He was identified as Palestinian N.H. and is wanted on multiple drug and arson charges.

Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom agreed in a joint statement late on Friday “to work together to support Lebanon's government and to work together to counter Hizbullah's role,” in the region, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.

The statement was issued during the visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the UK at the invitation of the government of Queen Elizabeth II, said the news agency.

Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil said the ministerial committee's talks regarding the 2018 State budget were “consensual,” assuring that they managed to cut expenditures by more than 1,000 billion Lebanese pounds keeping the public debt unchanged, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri chaired the meeting of the nine-member ministerial committee tasked with discussing the 2018 draft budget at the Grand Serail.

The session is expected to be the last one before the budget is referred to the Parliament.

After the sudden clashes that erupted recently in two Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, the country's security forces have affirmed on Thursday that the “situation is fully under control, and efforts are underway to stop any attempts aiming to trigger chaos,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri has met at the Center House with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi where talks highlighted the issue of Syrian refugees, Hariri's media office said.

“I was pleased to meet with PM Hariri, together with the state minister for affairs of the displaced (Moein Merhebi) to discuss the situation of refugees in Lebanon and the region,” said Grandi.

Judges at a U.N.-backed tribunal Wednesday threw out a bid to acquit an alleged Hizbullah member of any role in the 2005 assassination of ex-prime minister Rafik Hariri.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Saturday said the case of satirist Ziad Itani must not be exploited for “tarnishing” the role of the judiciary and competent security forces, Hariri's media office said.

Justice Minister Salim Jreissati said on Saturday the “Lebanese people shall make apologizes to no one,” following remarks made by the interior minister asking Lebanese to apologize for “false” spy accusations made against Lebanese comedian Ziad Itani.

“The Lebanese shall make apologies to no one. It is not appropriate for any official to present electoral credentials by asking for such an apology. The declaration of innocence or conviction is the sole responsibility of the judiciary, which pronounces its verdicts alone,” Jreissati said in a tweet.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri, on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, held a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday evening, Hariri's media office affirmed Saturday.