The army intelligence detained the members of a terrorist network, who are suspected of planning to assassinate a high-ranking security official in the North, the military said in a communique issued on Wednesday.

According to the statement, the army intelligence apprehended a terrorist cell in the Lebanese Qalamoun region.

The U.N. Security Council urged Libyans to ensure that their national elections  are held peacefully on Wednesday, warning that they are important to Tripoli's transition to stable democratic rule.

A dispute between two families erupted into an armed clash on Sunday in the northern area of al-Beddawi, forcing the closure of the Tripoli-Akkar road.

“A dispute between young men from the Mehrez and Ghimrawi families escalated into a heavy exchange of gunfire in al-Beddawi, damaging properties and forcing the closure of the main road that links Tripoli to Minieh, Akkar and the Syrian border,” state-run National News Agency reported.

Army forces on Saturday cordoned off the al-Qobbeh area in the northern city of Tripoli after a man riding a motorcycle did not comply to a checkpoint's orders to stop.

The state-run National News Agency reported that troops fired gunshots at a person driving a motorcycle in al-Qobbeh because he did not stop when army forces ordered him to do so.

The Lebanese Army launched a campaign to apprehend members of the Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades after the arrest of several men affiliated to the group.

According to As Safir newspaper published on Friday, the army intelligence detained recently in Beirut's Tariq al-Jadeedah neighborhood a 47-year-old Syrian national identified by his initials M. R.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam called on officials on Wednesday to facilitate the election of a new president, stressing any attempts to tamper with the country's stability will be thwarted.

“The country is passing through a state of vacuum over the parliament's failure to elect a new head of state,” Salam said during his opening speech for the Arab Economic Forum held at Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel.

A number of people were arrested on Wednesday in the northern city of Tripoli for firing gunshots and grenades to celebrate the re-election of Syrian President Bashar Assad, announced the army in a statement on Thursday.

It said that a total of 23 suspects were arrested.

Four U.N. staffers have been roughed up by the security detail at Tripoli airport after being briefly detained for alleged arms smuggling, the U.N. chief of mission in Libya said Thursday.

The unidentified foreigners were "held for questioning by the security brigade... for an hour and a half and roughed up" Wednesday night, Tarek Mitri told a press conference in the capital.

Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad opened fire in the air and launched fireworks in several Lebanese regions as his expected election victory was officially announced on Wednesday evening, as others roamed the streets in convoys.

“Gunfire erupted in some of Beirut's suburbs and central Bekaa towns in celebration of Assad's win,” LBCI television reported.

Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb urged Libyans to fight a rogue general who is pressing an offensive against Islamist militias in the country's east, labeling him an "enemy of Islam".

Last month, ex-general Khalifa Haftar unleashed forces from his so-called National Army on Islamist militias in Benghazi in a campaign dubbed "Operation Dignity".