Two Saudi envoys dispatched by Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz are expected to arrive in Beirut early next week to congratulate President Michel Aoun on his election, media reports said Saturday.

Prince Khaled al-Faysal accompanied by State Minister for Gulf Affairs Khaled al-Sabhan are to represent the king.

President Michel Aoun did not approve the draft line-up of a new cabinet submitted to him by Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, contrary to claims that alleged otherwise, which spoils the hopes of a near final agreement on the shape of the new government, media reports said Friday.

During their meeting on Wednesday, reports said that Hariri submitted to Aoun a draft line-up that might be announced soon.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi held a meeting with President Michel Aoun on Friday one day after the latter paid him a protocol visit in Bkirki.

“I am here today to congratulate the President on the occasion of Independence Day which regained its luster and meaning in the presence of Aoun, the President, the basis of our dignity, before I head to Rome,” said the Patriarch.

The Lebanese army arrested on Friday at dawn, several suspects in the Syrian encampments in the northeastern border town of Arsal, the National News Agency reported.

The army carried out a wide deployment operation in the area, and staged raids on the encampments of displaced Syrians in the town of Ain al-Shaab as they searched for fugitives, NNA said.

A national unity government will be difficult to form in light of the objection of some political parties to include other political components in the cabinet or object to their share in the line-up, al-Akhbar daily reported on Friday.

“Minister Jebran Bassil rejects the share of the Marada (Movement), and the Lebanese Forces object to Kataeb's, which is not conducive to the formation of a national unity government,” well-informed sources of al-Mustaqbal told the daily.

Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel pledged Thursday to support President Michel Aoun in the beginning of his presidential tenure while urging him to “improve the political system.”

A Lebanese man was referred to the judiciary on Thursday on charges of spying for Israel, the army said.

A Nov. 30 hearing is set for a U.S. judge to decide whether a mental evaluation is needed for an Oklahoma man charged in the shooting death of his Lebanese neighbor.

Hizbullah's parliamentary bloc on Thursday urged forming a “broad government” that comprises the biggest number of political parties, while reiterating its call for approving an electoral law fully based on the proportional representation system.

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc announced Thursday that “there is no need for rush” in the cabinet formation process, despite a flurry of upbeat media reports about the possibility of forming the new government before Independence Day.