Speaker Nabih Berri announced Wednesday that his AMAL Movement is “awaiting a judicial ruling” in the case of the bombing that was aimed at targeting AMAL convoys in the Zahle region, while slamming the political uproar that accompanied last week's arrests.

The Lebanese army shelled the positions of the Islamic State group on the outskirts of the border towns of Ras Baalbek and al-Qaa, the state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

From their positions in the northern Bekaa valley, the army bombarded the IS positions with heavy artillery.

Three people were wounded, including an Internal Security Forces member, in an exchange of fire in the Palestinian refugee camp of al-Bass in the southern city of Tyre, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

An ISF patrol was removing a construction violation in the camp of al-Bass near the EDL company in Tyre when the owners of the violations and several members form the camp started acting roughly with the security members.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam stressed on Wednesday that Lebanon is in the heart of the battle against terrorism and must help with the efforts to eradicate it, as he emphasized that the first step to end disorder is through the election of a president.

“Lebanon is in the heart of the battle against terrorism. It is directly involved with the reduction of violent extremism that has made our region and the world a bloody panel,” said Salam in a speech at the Grand Serail during the launching of official talks over the national plan to fight terrorism.

A war of words erupted on Wednesday between speaker Nabih Berri and Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea over the latter's proposal that Berri reduces the number of participant in the all-party talks.

“I have have carefully read your perusal as for the composition of the dialogue (members) which I have a lot to say about, but I won't because I don't like to go into a controversy with you,” said Geagea via Twitter.

Hizbullah and the Marada Movement did not take a decision to boycott the cabinet's future meetings and their latest absence from the government session was only temporary, As Safir daily reported on Wednesday.

Sources close to Prime Minister Tammam Salam told the daily that discussions on the impasse at the governmental level following the absence of ministers of Hizbullah, Marada and the Free Patriotic Movement from the latest meeting are at a halt right now because of the Eid al-Adha holiday.

Adviser to al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex MP Ghattas Khoury said on Wednesday that leader of the Movement and ex-PM Saad Hariri will return soon from his trip abroad and plans to give momentum to the controversial file of the presidential election, As Safir daily reported on Wednesday.

Hariri plans to “reactivate the file in some way and in a new direction,” said Khoury after he held a meeting with Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea said the daily.

Works to set up a seaside garbage landfill in Bourj Hammoud will be completed on October 7 and the Sukleen firm will start removing accumulated trash from 45 towns in Northern Metn and Keserwan as of Tuesday night, Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb said.

Former president Amin Gemayel noted Tuesday that commitment to the National Pact must involve the issues of “sovereignty,” Hizbullah's “arms,” “the state's authority” and Lebanon's “foreign policy.”

March 14 sources have ruled out the possibility that the Free Patriotic Movement's latest escalation might reach the extent of toppling Prime Minister Tammam Salam's government, the Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa said on Tuesday.