Some 300 people rallied on Saturday to remember 17,000 people who disappeared during Lebanon's civil war, and called for action on behalf of the victims' families, organizers and participants said.

"Today is important because it shows we will not be silent," said activist and artist Zeina Daccache.

The security forces reopened on Friday the road facing the Grand Serail in downtown Beirut after it was blocked by a March 14-led opposition sit-in, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

It added however that the youth protesters soon re-blocked the road, renewing their demand for the government's resignation.

A soldier was wounded on Wednesday in a shooting in front of the Beirut residence of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau head Imad Othman, reported LBCI television.

It said that two assailants riding on a motorcycle opened fire at an ISF patrol in front of Othman's residence in Beirut's Qasqas neighborhood.

The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau arrested on Saturday a Nigerian national who was allegedly monitoring the Beirut residence of the mother of Mustaqbal bloc MP Nouhad al-Mashnouq, reported al-Liwaa newspaper on Wednesday.

An informed security source told the daily that the Nigerian man was a detained in Beirut's Caracas neighborhood where, according to witnesses, he had been monitoring Mashnouq's mother's building from a nearby building for a couple of days.

Youth and student groups from the March 14 coalition on Sunday marked ten days since the assassination of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau head Maj. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan.

Demonstrators in downtown Beirut formed a human chain that stretched from the Martyrs Square to the Grand Serail, carrying Lebanese flags and banners condemning the assassination and demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Miqati's government.

Army Intelligence succeeded in arresting suspects on charges of belonging to the al-Qaida terrorist organization, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Thursday.

Security sources told the daily that the army arrested Malaysian nationals Rafik Mohammed Aaref and Mohammed Razin Shaaban on charges of being members of the organization.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati signed on Tuesday the decree to refer the case of the assassination of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau head Wissam al-Hasan's to the judicial council.

The decree has also been referred to President Michel Suleiman.

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel revealed that investigations into the assassination of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau chief Brigadier General Wissam al-Hasan is making “speedy progress”, revealing that they have reaching important information in the case, reported the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat on Tuesday.

Security information revealed that the owner of the stolen car that was booby-trapped in the bombing that killed Hasan on Friday has been identified.

The Army Command stressed on Monday that Lebanon's security is a “red line” and it will take strict measures against all those who are targeting security, as Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji inspected the army units deployed in Beirut.

It said in a statement: “We will not allow Lebanon to once again be turned into an open ground for regional conflicts.”

March 14 youth groups held Saturday an open-ended sit-in at the Martyrs Square in Downtown Beirut against the assassination of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau head Brigadier General Wissam al-Hasan.

The protesters also erected tents near the Grand Serail to press the resignation of the cabinet.