Arrest warrants were issued on Friday against seven detainees over their links to August's clashes in the northeastern border town of Arsal between the army and Islamist militants, reported the National News Agency.

It said that Military Examining Magistrate Imad al-Zein issued the warrants against a Lebanese and six Syrians for their connection to the clashes and Imad Jomaa, a member of the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Nusra Front whose arrest sparked the Arsal unrest.

Al-Nusra Front posted a video on Friday purporting the alleged crimes of Hizbullah in the neighboring country Syria and the northeastern border town of Arsal and includes statements by the Lebanese army soldiers and policemen against the party.

A previously unknown channel on Youtube aired a video under the title: Who Will Pay the Price? The Price of Hizbu Allat Support to Al-Nusairi Regime and The Slaughtering of Sunnis in Syria.

Members of the March 14 alliance will submit their nominations for the parliamentary elections despite the differences among them over holding the polls in light of the vacuum in the presidency, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Friday.

Leading sources from the camp told the daily: “The two camps within the alliance will respect constitutional deadlines and they will not hesitate to stage the polls if there was agreement among all political blocs to hold them.”

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq will tackle the case of the abducted Lebanese soldiers and policemen, who were taken hostage by Islamist gunmen in the northeastern border town of Arsal, with Gulf senior officials.

According to As Safir newspaper on Friday, General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim will accompany Mashnouq to the Qatari capital Doha during the weekend.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam is expected to meet on Friday with a delegation of relatives of the soldiers and policemen kidnapped by Islamists in August, reported As Safir newspaper on Friday.

It said that the meeting will be attended by Interior Minister Nouhad Mashnouq and will be part of the recently formed ministerial crisis committee tasked with following up on the case.

A top Iranian official is expected to arrive in Beirut next week for talks with senior Lebanese leaders, As Safir newspaper reported on Friday.

Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister for the Arab and African Affairs Hussein Amir-Abdollahian will hold talks with senior Lebanese officials and brief them on the latest talks between his country and Saudi Arabia.

Unidentified gunmen on Thursday shot and wounded two residents of the Tripoli district of Jabal Mohsen in the nearby al-Mallouleh area during a “personal dispute.”

“Two young men who hail from Jabal Mohsen have been shot and wounded,” OTV reported.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi lamented on Thursday the ongoing vacancy in the presidency, urging lawmakers to exercise their duty and elect a president.

He said: “Lebanon has been deprived of a president for factional reasons.”

The government stressed on Thursday that it will not compromise over the safety and lives of the soldiers and policemen held captive by Islamist militants since August.

“The cabinet will not carry out an exchange for the captives and it will contact influential countries to help it resolve the case,” said Information Minister Ramzi Jreij after a government session at the Grand Serail chaired by Premier Tammam Salam.

Militants from the ruthless Islamic State jihadist group have executed a Lebanese citizen, around a week after they beheaded a Lebanese army sergeant in the outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Arsal, state-run National News Agency reported Thursday.

“An armed group from the terrorists of the IS has executed the citizen Kayed Ghadada, who hails from the town of Arsal,” NNA said.