General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim has met with Syrian President Bashar Assad to discuss the case of the bishops kidnapped by armed men in Syria in April, the state-run National News Agency reported Wednesday.

NNA did not say when the meeting took place.

Several people were wounded on Tuesday afternoon when clashes resumed in the northern city of Tripoli, the state-run National News Agency reported.

"Clashes are still taking place on several axes in Tripoli,” the NNA said.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Tuesday traveled to Doha at an invitation from Qatar's ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, hoping Qatari officials will help unveil the fate of two Christian bishops who were abducted by an armed group in Syria.

Asked at the Rafik Hariri International Airport whether he will discuss the issue of bishops Boulos Yazigi and Yohanna Ibrahim with the Qatari officials, al-Rahi said: “In the name of all the Lebanese and on behalf of the nine freed Lebanese (pilgrims) and their families, I thank Qatar for its major role in their release … and of course I hope the Qatari officials will use all their influence to unveil the fate of the two bishops, in addition to three other priests who were kidnapped and their fate remains unknown until the moment.”

The Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc slammed on Tuesday the release of suspects linked to the case of the abduction of two Turkish pilots, saying that this “scandal” helps enforce lawlessness in Lebanon.

It said in a statement after its weekly meeting: “The state, starting with President Michel Suleiman and the government, should take a position that would put a stop to the collapse of laws in Lebanon.”

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc on Tuesday condemned what it described as a “dangerous campaign” against caretaker Telecom Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui over the issue of telecom data, announcing that it will play a role in reactivating the work of parliament.

“There is a dangerous campaign against Sehnaoui and those behind it bear the responsibility. They are accusing him of crimes over the issue of telecom data, but we stress that security agencies have always received the data they want,” the bloc's secretary MP Ibrahim Kanaan said after Change and Reform's weekly meeting in Rabieh.

Security forces clashed on Tuesday with supporters of former MP Jebran Tawq in the northern city of Bsharre over the removal of illegal construction.

"Tawq's supporters protested the removal of a recently built amphitheater in the Cedar forest,” the state-run National News Agency reported, noting that the construction was established on the occasion of the weeding ceremony of the former MP's son.

The family of Sky News Arabia cameraman Samir Kassab who has gone missing in Syria urged Lebanese officials on Tuesday to address the case, stressing that “he was performing his job professionally and impartially and he is not involved in the conflict.”

“Eight days have passed since the disappearance of our son …, his Mauritanian colleague Ishak Moctar and their Syrian driver, after contact with them was lost as they arrived in the Syrian region of Aleppo last Tuesday to conduct a field report on the humanitarian aspect of the Syrians' plight during Eid al-Adha,” the family said in a statement.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati called on Tuesday for the preservation of Lebanon's unique state of coexistence through stances that are based on national unity.

“Lebanon represents a national willingness for coexistence which multiplies our responsibility in preserving this unique formula of Islamic-Christian Brotherhood,” said Miqati after he was invited to attend the first Conference for the Christians of the Orient.

President Michel Suleiman stressed on Tuesday the importance of the Baabda Declaration that calls for Lebanon to distance itself from regional developments, saying that it has helped safeguard the country from the unrest.

He said: “The policy of disassociation is a source of pride and no one has the right to criticize it.”

Former deputy Prime Minister and ex-Minister Elias Murr has been appointed the head of the INTERPOL Foundation for a Safer World for a seven-year term.

The appointment was made unanimously by INTERPOL's Executive Committee ahead of the organization's 82nd General Assembly held in Colombia.