U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen is set to visit Lebanon next week in wake of the adoption of an American law on imposing sanctions on Hizbullah, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

His visit reflects Washington's keenness on the implementation of the law in Lebanon and the world, informed diplomatic and financial sources told the daily.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam is scheduled to travel to the Turkish city of Istanbul to attend the Global Humanitarian Summit on Sunday, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

It said that he will address the case of Syrian refugees, demanding international support to allow the displaced to return to their homeland and safe regions to ease the burden they pose on Lebanon.

The Shiite powerhouses of Hizbullah and AMAL are expected to witness electoral battles during Sunday's municipal polls in the South and Nabatieh, reported An Nahar daily on Saturday.

The battles are set to take place between candidates among each party as opposed to the two parties themselves, political sources told the daily.

The Jezzine by-election scheduled for Sunday are predicted to witness a battle between three candidates, some of whom enjoy the support of the main Christian parties of the Free Patriotic Movement, Lebanese Forces, and Kataeb, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

The main candidates are Amal Abou Zeid, backed by the FPM, LF, and Kataeb, Ibrahim Azar, the son of former MP Samir Azar, and Patrick Rizkallah, a former FPM activist.

A heated battle between three political forces is expected during Sunday's municipal polls in the southern city of Sidon, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

The battle will be waged between a list headed by Mohammed al-Saudi, who is backed by the Mustaqbal Movement, al-Jamaa al-Islamiya, and Abdul Rahman al-Bizri, a second headed by Bilal Shaaban, who is backed by the Popular Nasserite Organization, and a third headed by Ali al-Sheikh Ammar,

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri threw a dinner banquet Friday in honor of Lebanon's political, security and religious leaders and hoped a new president will be elected “before Eid al-Fitr,” which will be observed in early July.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat reassured Friday that Syrian refugees will not be naturalized in Lebanon, after a report prepared by U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon sparked concerns in the country.

U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Lebanon Richard Jones declared Friday that Washington prefers that the Syrian refugees in Lebanon be resettled in other countries, after remarks attributed to U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon sparked concerns that the international community was seeking the naturalization of the refugees in Lebanon.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq announced on Friday the postponement of the municipal elections in a town on the northern region of Bcharre, reported the National News Agency.

He said that the elections have been postponed “indefinitely” in the town of Torza due to “local tensions”

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stressed Friday that the killing of the group's top military commander, Mustafa Badreddine, will not push Hizbullah to withdraw its fighters from war-torn Syria.

“Until today, the martyrdom of any of our leaders has not pushed us to leave any battlefield and Badreddine's blood will push us to a bigger presence in Syria... We will remain in Syria and more leaders will go into Syria,” said Nasrallah in a televised speech marking one week since Badreddine's death in a blast near Damascus airport.