Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson welcomed on Wednesday the appointment of Lebanese ex-culture minister Ghassan Salameh as Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Libya.

“I welcome the appointment of Ghassan Salamh to the role of Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) for Libya and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Salamh brings a wealth of experience from three decades in public service and academia, specializing in international relations and conflict resolution,” said Johnson.

Marada Movement leader MP Sleiman Franjieh highlighted on Wednesday his openness to all sides and stressed that if he receives a second invitation from President Michel Aoun to the Baabda Palace, he will certainly meet it.

Calm was restored on Wednesday in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila south of Beirut after nightlong armed clashes that left three people dead including two fugitives and an 8-year-old girl, media reports said.

Although Lebanon's government agreed after long negotiations on a vote law that will govern its parliamentary elections in 2018, but it still has a lot of challenges ahead to face including repercussions of the Syrian war and the US sanctions on Hizbullah and the burgeoning crisis of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

In three years, Lebanese grocer Ali Khiami hired six staff, invested in property and funded his children's university education. Business is booming -- thanks to Syrian refugees using UN debit cards.

Displaced Syrian families in Lebanon are using electronic cards, topped up each month by the United Nations' World Food Program with $27 (24 euros) per person, for their grocery shopping.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Tuesday held talks in Maarab with Jordanian Public Works and Housing Minister Sami Halaseh.

President Michel Aoun on Tuesday called for unity among the religious communities of the Middle East.

France on Tuesday lauded a United Nations decision to appoint ex-Lebanese minister Ghassan Salameh as the new U.N. envoy for Libya.

State Prosecutor Samir Hammoud stressed Tuesday that prominent Syrian singer Asala Nasri received the “same treatment” as any other person held on drug abuse charges, after she was briefly detained overnight Sunday at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport.

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani has announced that the upcoming period will witness “vigorous efforts to hold the elections before the declared May date.”