Environment Minister Mohammed al-Mashnouq stressed on Saturday that there are no “suspicious” deals being struck at the cabinet describing the government’s work as “critical” due to the unusual circumstances it is facing.

“There are no suspicious deals at the cabinet. The cabinet's work is critical because it was formed during difficult circumstances and PM Tammam Salam has given the needed time for each subject to be discussed,” said Mashnouq to the Voice of Lebanon radio station (93.3).

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif has indirectly shrugged off claims of an Iranian intervention in Lebanon's controversial presidential file and said that Iran is "against foreign interference," the pan-Arab al-Hayat daily reported on Saturday.

French President Francois Hollande told Zarif during his trip to France that the situation in Lebanon is dangerous and fragile, added the daily.

A consensual president to fill Lebanon's two-year vacuum is ready and waiting to be elected, and he garners the support of international and regional powers, As Safir daily reported on Saturday.

If Hizbullah remains adamant to elect founder of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun for the post, that means that a consensus nominee is ready somewhere and waiting to fill the seat, visitors to Washington told the daily without elaborating.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday described the fight for the Syrian province of Aleppo as the “greatest battle” to date in the Syrian war, noting that the outcome would have an impact on “Damascus, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan.”

The cabinet held a meeting at the Grand Serail on Friday where it mainly discussed the projects undertaken by the Council for Development and Reconstruction in various Lebanese areas.

The cabinet which was chaired by PM Tammam Salam “asked the CDR to prepare, within a month, an analytical study of the financial figures of the projects that it has been asked by the state to implement,” said Information Minister Ramzi Jreij after the meeting.

A man sustained stab wounds to his abdomen by a relative of his after a personal dispute erupted between them in the town of Kfar-Hazir in Koura, the state-run National News Agency reported on Thursday.

A dispute erupted between G.A. and his cousin A.A. while they were working at a construction site in Kfar-Hazir, NNA said.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq assured that Lebanon's parliamentary elections will be held on time and that the ministry has started the preparations needed for that purpose, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

The parliamentary elections are scheduled for June 2017, amid disbelief that the long-awaited polls will be staged on time.

The joint parliamentary committees tasked with drafting an electoral law failed to achieve that purpose on Tuesday and scheduled the upcoming session to July 13.

Lebanese Forces MP George Adwan made a suggestion that MPs vote at the parliament's general secretariat for the electoral law they deem appropriate, otherwise reconsider the initiative launched by Speaker Nabih Berri.

MP Robert Fadel submitted his written and official resignation on Wednesday and stressed that he will not carry on his duties as a lawmaker but at the same time assured that he will not give up on politics.

“From now on, I consider myself a resigned MP and I will not carry out my duties as a lawmaker,” said Fadel after submitting his resignation to the parliament's general secretariat.

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag expressed concern over the dire living conditions in the Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidieh in southern Lebanon, a statement said on Wednesday.

Kaag expressed her concern and "reaffirmed that the United Nations, through UNWRA, will continue to support Palestine refugees hosted in Lebanon," the statement said.