Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel on Wednesday launched a fresh blistering attack on the government, accusing it of emulating the era of Syria's political hegemony over Lebanon.

“The ruling class is robbing everything in the country and its performance reminds us of the Syrian era,” Gemayel lamented during an interview on Lebanon's MTV.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi held talks Wednesday with President Michel Aoun at the Baabda Palace and urged a solution to Lebanon's Syrian refugee crisis.

“I raised with the president the issue of refugees and the need to find a solution in any way possible,” said al-Rahi after the meeting.

The Parliamentary Finance Committee has submitted its “final report on the 2017 state budget” to Parliament, the head of the committee MP Ibrahim Kanaan announced on Wednesday.

“I will speak from Parliament tomorrow at 12:00 pm,” Kanaan added after talks with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh.

Hizbullah has announced that one of its top commanders has been killed while fighting Islamic State militants in Syria.

The 44-year-old Ali al-Hadi al-Asheq is the latest fatality for the Shiite group that has fought alongside Syrian government forces in the civil war next door since 2012.

Speaker Nabih Berri invited lawmakers for a legislative session on Monday to discuss draft laws strictly related to the wage scale, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Al-Mustaqbal MP Ammar Houri assured on Wednesday that the civil servants' wages for the month of October will be paid according to the newly approved wage scale.

“The October salaries will be paid according to the newly approved salary scale, there will be no turning back,” Houri told VDL (93.3) radio in an interview.

Security Forces were pelted with stones and sticks on Wednesday during an attempt to remove a property violation in al-Rwaisat area in Jdaidet al-Metn injuring one serviceman.

A dispute erupted between the security forces and residents in the area who started pelting them with stones, plastic bottles and wooden sticks in a bid to prevent them from implementing an order to remove the violation.

President Michel Aoun is “determined” to put the return of displaced Syrians issue on the “implementation path” now that safe areas inside Syria can receive them, knowing that refugees “will not be forced to return shall they feel threatened,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

“The file of the return of displaced Syrians will be a priority at the current stage and Aoun is determined in the near future to put the file on the track of implementation after information obtained by the Lebanese state about safe zones inside Syria that can receive them,” reported the daily.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri is expected to visit the Vatican during the first half of October where he will meet with Pope Francis, al-Joumhouria daily said on Wednesday.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc criticized Tuesday what it called the “harsh and severe verdicts that were issued by the Military Court against Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir and his group.”

“The bloc stresses the importance of enforcing justice on everyone without exception and the need to respect the right to defense, topped by examining all evidence presented by the Defense,” said Mustaqbal in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.