The General Security Directorate arrested a Lebanese national over his affiliation and involvement with a terror group, the Directorate's media office said in a statement on Saturday.

“In line with its efforts to track down terror groups and sleeper cells in Lebanon, at the request of the competent public prosecution, the General Security apprehended Lebanese Aa. Sh. over his belonging to a terror organization,” said the statement.

The Lebanese army pounded with heavy artillery the posts of militants on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, as clashes between militant groups of the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front intensified early on Saturday, the National News Agency reported.

NNA said violent clashes erupted between al-Nusra and IS extremists after the latter waged a dawn attack at Nusra positions in Shmais al-Ajram, Kherbet Daoud, al-Shahout Serj al-Nammoura, al-Malahi, al-Ajram and Kherbet Younin in the outskirts of Arsal.

Speaker Nabih Berri was optimistic after his meeting with MP George Adwan of the Lebanese Forces, where discussions tackled the distribution of electoral districts against the backdrop of an LF initiative on new vote law for Lebanon's parliamentary elections, media reports said Saturday.

“The atmospheres are well. Some progress has been made, we hope that we get to the happy ending,” Berri told al-Joumhouria daily.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday hailed President Michel Aoun, Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, the Lebanese government and al-Mustaqbal Movement over their stances that sought to dissociate Lebanon from the resolutions and statements of the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh.

The dead body of a young man was found inside a pickup truck parked on an under construction highway in the Bekaa region, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.

The victim, who was identified by his initials as G.H.K and hails from al-Ghobairi in Beirut's southern suburbs, was found in a pool of blood inside the vehicle, said NNA.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri began an unannounced visit on Thursday to the northern city of Tripoli as part of a tour to inspect the implementation of a number of developmental projects in the area.

“Saad Hariri will support any electoral law, regardless whether it is based on proportional representation or a hybrid system,” Hariri said.

A man shot his wife and 15-year daughter before turning the gun on himself in a domestic-murder suicide in the southern city of Tyre, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.

Identified by his initials, M.Sh from the town of Jnata in Tyre killed his wife (S.Sh) and daughter before committing suicide, NNA said.

After his announcement that Lebanon's parliamentary elections are doomed to be staged under the controversial 1960 law if a new law is not agreed, Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq pointed out that calling “again” the electoral bodies to begin preparations for the elections is the parliament's responsibility, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

President Michel Aoun chaired an ordinary cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace in Baabda that tackled agenda items, the outcomes that emerged after the Riyadh summit and renewed the term of the Central Bank governor.

Aoun chaired the meeting in the presence of Prime Minister Saad Hariri and the ministers, NNA said.

Army Commander General Jospeh Aoun hailed the army's relentless efforts to confront terrorism and the Israeli army, vowing determination to unveil the fate of the soldiers abducted in 2014.