The recent meeting for the March 14 forces that was held at the Maarab residence of Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Saturday reached an agreement on a number of political issues and steps that they will undertake during the upcoming phase in Lebanon, reported the daily An Nahar on Tuesday.

It said that a statement listing the principles and issues they agreed upon will be issued within days or this week.

The FBI investigation team that arrived in Lebanon to assess the assassination of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau chief Brigadier General Wissam al-Hasan completed its mission and left Beirut Monday, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper Tuesday

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel told the newspaper that the team “will take its times in analyzing the data that it gathered at the crime scene before making any announcement.”

The joint parliamentary committees will not convene on Wednesday in light of the March 14 alliance's decision to boycott parliamentary work unless the cabinet of Prime Minister Najib Miqati resigns, the An Nahar daily said Tuesday.

Deputy Speaker Farid Makari announced that the boycott of the committees' sessions will continue “as long as the alliance holds on to its stance,” said the daily.

Ammar al-Dadikhi, aka Abou Ibrahim, the infamous abductor of the Lebanese pilgrims in Syria's Aazaz, has been killed during an attempt to storm a town in Aleppo's countryside, the Beirut-based, pan-Arab television al-Mayadeen reported on Monday.

“Kurdish popular committees killed Abou Ibrahim and four members of his group as they were trying to storm the town of Qastal Jindo in Aleppo's countryside,” al-Mayadeen said.

The Phalange Party on Monday called on the country's political leaders to “rise above narrow calculations and shoulder the responsibility of forming a salvation government,” reiterating its call for the resignation of the government.

"The difficult period the country is going through requires a brave posture at all levels, especially at the level of the government,” the party said in a statement issued after the weekly meeting of its political bureau.

The Syndicate Coordination Committee on Monday decided to call off a strike scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, but gave the government a one-week deadline to refer the new wage scale to parliament.

After an emergency meeting at the headquarters of the Teachers Union in Badaro, the Committee said it discussed “the latest security and political developments in the country in the wake of the assassination of martyr Maj. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan, his bodyguard Chief Warrant Officer Ahmed Suhyouni and Georgette Sarkisian, in addition to the scores of innocent civilians who were wounded and the repercussions on the general situations in the country.”

The crisis cell announced on Monday that abducted journalist in Syria Fidaa Itani will be released soon, revealing also that there are positive signals and indications concerning the issue of the nine detained pilgrims.

Labor Minister Salim Jreissati explained after the meeting of the governmental committee in charge of following up on the Lebanese kidnapped in Syria at the Interior Minister Marwan Charbel's office that sources have disclosed that “Itani's abduction is strictly related to the material he was covering”.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen has confirmed a request by STL Prosecutor Norman Farrell to amend the indictment, the tribunal announced in a Twitter message on Monday.

“The Prosecution will now have to update the indictment, which was confirmed in June 2011,” it said.

President Michel Suleiman stressed on Monday that dialogue is the “only” and “most elevated” way to resolve the current crisis in the country and find a solution for it.

“Dialogue should be based on good intentions and open minds by giving priority to Lebanon's interests,” Suleiman pointed out.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati held talks on Monday with General Prosecutor Hatem Madi over the ongoing investigations into the assassination of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau head Wissam al-Hasan.

The premier said: “All expertise will be utilized in order to assist the investigation in the murder.”