Khaldiyeh Chidiac, a 55-year-old resident of the Akkar town of Miniara, died Sunday of wounds sustained in the August 31 blast in Zahle's Ksara area, state-run National News Agency reported.

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan stressed Sunday that the safety of Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat is “part of the country's safety,” days after reports surfaced about assassination plots against the Druze leader.

A decree extending Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji's term might be issued in the next few days, in coordination with the ministers of AMAL Movement and Hizbullah, a media report said on Sunday.

Speaker Nabih Berri has warned Prime Minister Tammam Salam against “contributing to” the cabinet's paralysis, noting that the ministers of his AMAL Movement and its ally Hizbullah will attend the cabinet's upcoming sessions.

Health Minister Wael Abou Faour has stressed that “the election of the president must take place in parliament, not in street protests.”

Lebanese Forces bloc MP Antoine Zahra has warned those he called “the advocates of the sovereignty project” against “offering further concessions.”

Industry Minister Hussein al-Hajj Hassan of Hizbullah has noted that “Lebanon has entered a new phase and a new course,” urging “some parties” not to “aggravate the crisis,” in an apparent reference to Hizbullah's ally the Free Patriotic Movement.

Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil has warned that “some leaders are trying to drag Lebanese into strife for the sake of their own interests.”

Hizbullah's deputy Executive Council leader, Sheikh Nabil Qaouq said that marginalizing a major faction in Lebanon is the “perfect recipe for the country's destruction,” the state-run National News Agency said on Saturday.

“When a major (political) component in Lebanon has a feeling that it is being excluded, marginalized and targeted, it would be considered a perfect recipe for the destruction of the country,” said Qaouq during a commemoration ceremony held in south Lebanon.

Labor Minister Sejaan Qazzi stressed on Saturday that the thorny issue of Syrian refugees in Lebanon can be addressed through talks with the Syrian government.

“We can't address the problem of refugees without having talks with the Syrian government since it is directly linked to the subject,” said Qazzi to LBCI.