State Minister for Combating Corruption assured on Thursday that the thorny wage scale file has been discussed in depth and will be settled during the upcoming legislative meeting, stressing that “revenues to fund the scale have been secured.”

The confirmation of Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday that the problematic wage scale file will be tackled at the upcoming legislative session, made many contradicting views surface again some demanding its approval and others warning of its impact on the state's treasury, media reports said Thursday.

In a statement the General Labor Confederation demanded approval of the salary scale giving “state employees, military sector, contractors, retirees, public and private teachers their longtime rights.”

Marada Movement leader MP Sleiman Franjieh highlighted on Wednesday his openness to all sides and stressed that if he receives a second invitation from President Michel Aoun to the Baabda Palace, he will certainly meet it.

Calm was restored on Wednesday in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila south of Beirut after nightlong armed clashes that left three people dead including two fugitives and an 8-year-old girl, media reports said.

Although Lebanon's government agreed after long negotiations on a vote law that will govern its parliamentary elections in 2018, but it still has a lot of challenges ahead to face including repercussions of the Syrian war and the US sanctions on Hizbullah and the burgeoning crisis of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

Israel launched airstrikes on Syrian army posts in Quneitra after several projectiles fired from Syria landed in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for a second consecutive day.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea criticized Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's Friday remarks about Gulf countries, and pointed out that the cabinet is the eligible authority to tackle Israel's threats against Lebanon as he assured that Lebanon's border will not be opened for foreign fighters.

A male suspect identified as Walid Obeid has been arrested on Saturday for the murder of Maroun Nohra who was killed in the southern town of Majdelyoun two days ago, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

Members from the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch arrested the suspect in the Bekaa valley, NNA said.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri condemned on Saturday the terror attempt to target the Mecca Mosque in Saudi Arabia describing it as a “crime against Islam and Muslims.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during his visit to Moscow on Friday and said that the safe zones conducted by Russia in Syria may help Lebanon solve the issue of refugees, media reports said.

“It is possible that the success of creating safe zones will allow the return of some displaced people and Syrian refugees who currently live in our country, Jordan and Turkey. So, the problem of the Syrian refugees could be partially solved but a political solution for the crisis is necessary,” said Jumblat during his meeting with Lavrov, the first between the two men in two years.