President Michel Aoun's International Cooperation Adviser ex-minister Elias Bou Saab sought Sunday to distance the Free Patriotic Movement from OTV's recent attacks on Speaker Nabih Berri and the AMAL Movement.

President Michel Aoun emphasized on Saturday that Lebanon has “excellent brotherly” ties with Kuwait stressing keenness on improving them further.

A dispute between AMAL Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement over a seniority decree enlarged and impacted the February Lebanese Diaspora Energy conference for Africa organized by FPM head, Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, al-Akhbar daily reported on Saturday.

The Internal Security Forces Directorate nabbed a suspect in the eastern Bekaa town of Majdal Anjar over links to the Islamic State terrorist group, the ISF said in a statement on Saturday.

“After thorough monitoring, the ISF Information Department arrested on 22/1/2018 a Lebanese national identified by his initials as R.A in Majdal Anjar neighborhood,” said the statement.

Public Works and Transportation Minister Youssef Fenianos criticized Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil's reactions after a ministerial panel turned down his vote law amendment proposal, saying the Minister is running his parliamentary campaign elections with “slogans,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil snapped back Friday at Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, accusing him of resorting to sectarian incitement for political gains.

“Someone is trying to use big slogans to cover up for the nature of his real practices in governance, administrations, the state, the political system and everything that has to do with the affairs of this state,” Khalil said at a press conference he held a few hours after a press conference by Bassil.

Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem announced Friday that his party and its allies are not seeking to win a parliamentary majority or a one-third veto power in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

“We in Hizbullah are relieved in advance regarding any parliamentary elections results and we're not worried at all,” Qassem said at a press conference to launch Hizbullah's electoral campaign in the South.

Justice Minister Salim Jreissati stressed Friday that he did not move the public prosecution against the comedian Hisham Haddad, the host of 'Lahonwbas', the National News Agency reported.

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil called for “abolishing sectarianism” and stressed that Lebanon can only be governed with “partnership” among its political parties.

“Lebanon can not survive with multiple (political) bi-polarities. Lebanon can only survive with Christian-Muslim partnership,” stressed Bassil in a televised press interview on Friday.

Differences between the AMAL Movement, of Speaker Nabih Berri, and the Free Patriotic Movement, of President Michel Aoun, over the signing of a seniority decree promoting a number of officers “do not annul the possibility of striking an alliance with the FPM,” al-Akhbar daily reported on Friday.

The daily quoted AMAL sources who said: “The battle over seniority decree between the President and Speaker is one thing, while the electoral alliance is another. The possibility of striking a coalition with the FPM is not rejected in principle, but it is however subject to calculations of profit and loss.”