A Lebanese-Canadian will stand trial in Cyprus on terror charges after 8.2 tons of fertilizer that can be used for bomb making was allegedly found in his home, police said Friday.

Authorities believe the man, whose name is being withheld in conformity with the law, has links with the military wing of Hizbullah.

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Asiri stressed on Friday that his country is counting on the wisdom of Lebanese officials to reach solutions that will ease tensions in Lebanon, the state-run National News Agency said.

“The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is keen to preserve Lebanon and its people, and it is counting on the wisdom of its officials to reach solutions that would ease the tension and fortify the internal arena,” said Asiri.

An Islamic State official known as Abu Aisha al-Libi and six other IS jihadists were killed on Friday in a Hizbullah attack on the Kherbet Hamam region on the outskirts of the northeastern town of Arsal, al-Manar TV said.

The jihadists were reportedly plotting to launch an assault on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek.

Defense Minister Samir Moqbel and a French official have denied a report that Saudi Arabia has asked French authorities to freeze the delivery of weapons to the Lebanese army under a Saudi grant.

Al-Liwaa daily on Friday quoted Moqbel as saying that information about the freeze of the delivery of arms is not true.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has repeatedly said that Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun should give up his candidacy for the presidency to resolve Lebanon's political crisis.

Lebanon's Ambassador to Moscow, Shawqi Bou Nassar, has said in a report that Bogdanov was in favor for Aoun to “pave way for other candidates and allow other Christian personalities to announce their candidacies.”

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi and the Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Angelo Scola, traveled to the Iraqi Kurdish region of Erbil to “send a message of support” to the Christians there.

“Our trip to Erbil carries a message of solidarity with the Christians,” Scola told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) ahead of the visit.

Speaker Nabih Berri has reportedly urged the rival political parties “to come to their senses” and to work on the activation of the parliament and the government.

Berri's visitors quoted him as saying that he “hoped everyone would come to their senses and feel the dangers of the current situation.”

Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas has said that the crisis of Syrian refugees is a national cause that requires a political state of emergency to overcome its repercussions.

“The issue of the displaced Syrians should not cause political tension,” Derbas told An Nahar daily on Friday, a day after he referred a detailed report on the refugees to Prime Minister Tammam Salam and several cabinet ministers.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun has considered himself a consensual candidate stressing that he would not accept a "puppet" to rule the country.

Aoun told al-Joumhouria daily in an interview published on Friday that he told his supporters to mobilize for street protests.

A ceasefire was reached Thursday evening in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp after two days of clashes left two people dead and several others wounded, state-run National News Agency reported.

“The joint security force has deployed in the Taytaba neighborhood where the fighting had erupted,” NNA said.