A supporter of Arab Tawhid Party chief Wiam Wahhab has confessed to hurling the explosive device that went off under the car of Mohammed Salim Abdul Khaleq in Bekaa's Majdal Anjar on Tuesday, a media report said on Monday.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has threatened that the FPM would “topple the government” through street protests if the other parties do not heed the movement's demand regarding “partnership” and the National Pact.

Resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi has stressed that he will “fiercely defend” the security of Tripoli and Lebanon, a day after he lauded Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq's request for the government to disband the Tripoli-based Arab Democratic Party and the Islamic Unification Movement faction led by Sheikh Hashem Minqara.

Security agencies on Monday released Muslim cleric Sheikh Bassam Tarras from detention, four days after he was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the bomb attack that targeted the Zahle area of Ksara on August 31.

The Kataeb Party and a number of environmental groups announced Sunday a “temporary suspension” of a sit-in that started a month ago outside the Bourj Hammoud garbage landfill, noting that their protest has obliged authorities to revise a controversial waste management plan and to endorse steps based on waste sorting, composting and decentralization.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq announced Sunday that he has asked the council of ministers to disband the Tripoli-based Arab Democratic Party and a faction of the Islamic Unification Movement in connection with the deadly 2013 blasts that rocked two mosques in the northern city.

Lebanon's Hizbullah, which is taking part in Syria's conflict, has said that it supports the latest ceasefire deal agreed by the U.S. and Russia but vowed to continue fighting against the Islamic State group and Fateh al-Sham Front, which was known as al-Nusra Front before renouncing its affiliation with al-Qaida.

A prominent Hizbullah lawmaker on Sunday called on those who are “keen on Lebanon” to avoid committing mistakes that “harm coexistence,” stressing that importance of running the country on the basis of “partnership and balance.”

Speaker Nabih Berri's adviser Ali Hamdan denied Sunday the presence of any tensions between the parliament speaker and the Free Patriotic Movement, stressing that Berri is always ready to facilitate dialogue among the Lebanese.

Education Minister Elias Bou Saab has stressed that the FPM is keen on restoring good ties with Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh, as he described al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri as “the strongest and best partner for us in Lebanon.”