Ambassadors and representatives of the European Union visited on Wednesday Sidon to express support to the southern city and its officials in light of the recent clashes.

Ambassadorsof Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Bulgaria, Hungary and the United Kingdom accredited to Lebanon took part in the visit.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assured on Wednesday abiding by the Lebanese cabinet's decision regarding the possession of arms in the country's refugee camps.

"We abide by the Lebanese cabinet's decisions regarding Lebanon's safety and the possession of weapons in refugee camps,” Abbas said in a mutual press conference with his Lebanese counterpart in Baabda Palace.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon on Wednesday handed over to the army two shepherds that were kidnapped by Israeli forces a day earlier, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Youssef Hussein Rhayyel and Youssef Mohammed Zahra were kidnapped on Tuesday from a region near the southern town of Shebaa, according to the NNA.

The army on Wednesday detained a man with 37 arrest warrants after raiding his residence in Baalbeck's al-Sharawina neighborhood.

"Ali Youssef Jaafar was arrested on 37 charges that include shooting activities, robbery, kidnapping operations and drug dealing,” the Army Command's Orientation Directorate said in a communique.

Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Rokn-Abadi announced on Wednesday that he had agreed with Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun to support the resistance against the 'Zionist agendas in the region.”

He said after holding talks with the MP at Rabieh: “We also agreed to support Syria's people, government, and leadership.”

The employees of the Directorate General of Antiquities on Wednesday found remnants of a corpse dating to more than 30 years ago while conducting maintenance works at Beaufort Castle (al-Shaqif Fortress) near the southern town of Arnoun, state-run National News Agency reported.

“At once, army intelligence agents from the Nabatiyeh department and members of the Internal Security Forces headed to the location accompanied by Nabatiyeh's forensic doctor Jamal Ello, who examined the remnants that turned out to be consisted of a leg bone and foot bones,” NNA said.

The March 14 General Secretariat condemned on Wednesday the recent clashes in the southern city of Sidon, refuting accusations that the alliance was supporting Salafist movements in Lebanon.

It said in a statement after its weekly meeting: “We stand against such groups … Sidon has been an example of Muslim-Christian coexistence.”

The Maronite Bishops council condemned on Wednesday the spread of illegal arms in Lebanon, saying that it will only create chaos in the country.

They said in a statement: “All armed groups must lay down their weapons in favor of official security forces.”

Two charred bodies found in the southern city of Sidon in the aftermath of deadly gunbattles are not those of Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir and Fadel Shaker, a onetime prominent singer-turned Salafist, the state commissioner to the military court said Wednesday.

Judge Saqr Saqr confirmed that DNA tests of al-Asir's and Shaker's families revealed that the bodies were neither of the Salafist cleric, nor of Shaker or his brother.

The Free Patriotic Movement and Hizbullah have been keen to rule out any rift amid media reports highlighting sharp differences between the close allies over several issues including the extension of Army Chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji's tenure.

Sources close to Hizbullah told As Safir newspaper published on Wednesday that the ties with FPM chief MP Michel Aoun are “normal.”