The army shelled the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal on Tuesday after a militant was killed in clashes between rival terrorist groups in the region, state-run National News Agency reported.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil's rhetoric during Monday's national dialogue session contained a “bigoted sectarian tone that sets back Christians tens of years,” senior Marada Movement officials have warned.

Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun is expected to meet with Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah soon, a media report said on Tuesday.

Hizbullah has not taken a final stance on the issue of attending the cabinet's next session although sources close to the March 8 camp have said that the party will not “abandon” its ally the Free Patriotic Movement, which has openly declared a boycott of cabinet and national dialogue sessions, a media report said on Tuesday.

A bomb exploded at dawn Tuesday outside a house in the Bekaa town of Majdal Anjar, wounding two Syrian children, state-run National News Agency reported.

The Kataeb Party hit back at the Free Patriotic Movement on Monday, stressing that the election of a president must be the first step towards bolstering the National Pact.

Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb announced Monday that a “solution” has been reached for the country's renewed waste management and collection crisis, following a meeting with two Free Patriotic Movement officials.

Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh and Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil engaged in a heated exchange on Monday during and after the national dialogue session that was held in Ain el-Tineh.

Speaker Nabih Berri refrained from setting a date for a new national dialogue session after the Free Patriotic Movement vowed during Monday's meeting that it would boycott the all-party talks, media reports said.

Al-Mustaqbal bloc chief ex-PM Fouad Saniora on Monday hit back at Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea over the latter's latest speech, stressing that the constitution stipulates that the president of the republic must be “elected,” not “appointed” or “imposed.”