Following the recent assassination of the Russian ambassador in Turkey, the attack resonated in the capital Beirut and triggered some reactions where a group of youth wrote overnight slogans on the cement blocs surrounding the Russian embassy in Beirut's Corniche al-Mazraa area and managed to disappear, al-Joumhouria daily reported Wednesday.

A group of youth managed to sneak late on Tuesday and write slogans on the cement blocs around the embassy “denouncing the battle in Aleppo” and “declaring solidarity with the Syrian people and victims,” a security source told the daily on condition of anonymity.

Lebanon's council of ministers held its first meeting at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on Wednesday, after its formation over the weekend, and formed a committee designed to draft a new ministerial statement, media reports said.

The cabinet which brought together the entire political spectrum except for the Kataeb party, that rejected the portfolio it was offered, had a commemorative photo taken in the presence of the three senior officials President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal Movement on Tuesday called for devising a “modern electoral law” in order to hold the 2017 parliamentary elections on time.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc stressed Tuesday that it cannot accept an electoral law fully based on the proportional representation system as long as Hizbullah holds onto its controversial arsenal of arms.

A Lebanese national was among those wounded in the deadly truck attack at a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, Lebanon's embassy in Germany said Tuesday.

President Michel Aoun on Tuesday condemned the assassination of Russia's ambassador in Turkey and the truck attack that killed 12 people and wounded 50 others in Germany.

Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned on Tuesday the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, in Ankara, the state-run National News Agency reported.

“This is a cowardly terrorist act that we utterly deplore. Targeting diplomats to send desperate political messages will not alter the means by which diplomatic nations resort to dialogue as the sole means to resolve conflicts,” a statement by the ministry read.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri assumed his duties at the Grand Serail on Tuesday, two days after a new cabinet was lined-up.

Hariri arrived at noon at the Grand Serail and was welcomed by the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers Fouad Fleifel, and senior government staff at the Grand Serail that lies in downtown Beirut .

British Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood welcomed on Tuesday the formation of Lebanon's new cabinet reiterating the need to hold the parliamentary elections on time in line with international standards.

“I congratulate President Aoun and Prime Minister Hariri on the formation of Lebanon’s new cabinet. This is another important step forward for Lebanon, and I hope agreement of the cabinet further strengthens the trust and confidence of the Lebanese in their country’s political process,” a press statement said Tuesday.

The General Security arrested a Lebanese man suspected of having links to terror groups and of luring the youths through social media to work in their favor, LBCI reported Tuesday.

The suspect, who was identified by his initials as T.Sh, was subject to interrogations where he confessed to having ties to terror groups in Syria and of providing them with financial and logistical support under the guise of relief and humanitarian work, added LBCI.