Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi accused Hizbullah of seeking to create differences between him and Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq following a scandal at the country's largest and most infamous prison.

The party later rejected the claims.

Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Michel Aoun demanded on Tuesday that an investigation be held in the recent developments at Roumieh Prison, accusing the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau of shortcomings at the facility.

He said after the Change and Reform bloc's weekly meeting: “The abuse at Roumieh jail was caused by individuals, not the ISF institution, and an investigation must be held without defamation.”

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan condemned on Tuesday the abuse of inmates in Roumieh Prison, deeming it a “crime and violation of Islamic morals.”

He said: “The abuse tarnishes Lebanon's image before the international community.”

Security forces succeeded on Tuesday in containing a riot that has erupted at Roumieh Prison, two days after a torture scandal hit the facility.

The forces restored order at the jail after listening to the inmates' demands, said MTV.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Tuesday five guards for abusing inmates in Roumieh Prison.

He has since referred the case to the first military investigation judge.

Saja al-Dulaimi, a divorcee of Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has reportedly given birth in one of Lebanon's military hospitals, the pan-Arab al-Hayat daily said on Tuesday.

Dulaimi was already pregnant when she was detained last November on charges of belonging to extremist groups, judicial sources told the daily.

Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch chief Maj. Gen. Imad Othman has said he would not allow the so-called Roumieh Emirate to reappear.

“No matter how much sacrifices we make, I will not allow the return of the Roumieh Emirate which has been abolished irretrievably,” Othman told al-Mustaqbal newspaper published on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam is setting the agenda of a cabinet session that he intends to chair next week following an agreement with Speaker Nabih Berri, An Nahar daily reported on Tuesday.

The newspaper said that Salam's move comes amid the launching of consultations to hold an extraordinary parliamentary session.

EU foreign ministers have “strongly” reiterated their call on all the rival political parties to “take decisive action” to elect a new president and put Lebanon's stability and national interest ahead of partisan politics.

“The EU restates its call to all members of the parliament to uphold Lebanon's long-standing democratic tradition and to convene to elect a president without further delay in line with the Constitution,” the ministers said on Monday following a meeting they held in Luxembourg.

Reports that a Lebanese-Australian terrorist, notorious for holding up the severed heads of Syrian victims, has been killed fighting in Iraq have raised the potential for his young family to be repatriated from the Middle East, Australia's foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Australian intelligence agencies were attempting to verify the recent deaths of Australians Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar in the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in Iraq, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said. Both men were seen in photographs posted on social media holding heads of Syrians.