The army on Monday raided a number of Syrian refugee encampments and residence places in the outskirts of the Akkar towns of al-Sheikh Mohammed, Halba and Tal Abbas, state-run National News Agency reported.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr prosecuted the so-called Emir of the Islamic State group in Ain el-Hilweh, Imad Yassine, and 17 others on charges of carrying out terror acts in favor of the Islamic State group, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

Most of the prosecuted were Palestinian nationals and they include a prisoner from the Akkoush family, added NNA.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr appealed a decision to release Muslim cleric Sheikh Bassam Tarras over links to a terror group, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

First Military Investigative Judge Riad Abou Ghaida questioned the ex-Mufti Tarras Monday and released him on travel ban, NNA said.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat said that Lebanon has probably received a signal from abroad as for the presidential elections, as he voiced fears of the future consequences.

“It seems that the signal has been received, God save us,” said Jumblat in a Tweet on Monday.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement chief ex-PM Saad Hariri will not declare his nomination of MP Michel Aoun for the presidency, unless the March 8 alliance particularly Speaker Nabih Berri agrees and takes a unified stance in that regard, media reports said on Monday.

Speaker Nabih Berri affirmed his adamant stance that he will not nominate MP Michel Aoun for the presidential post, as he conveyed the message to Hizbullah, al-Akhbar daily reported on Monday.

“I will not nominate Aoun, don't you try with me,” Berri was quoted by March 8 sources as telling Hizbullah officials.

A Lebanese army Sergeant First Class was killed late on Sunday in the northeastern border town of Arsal, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun stressed Sunday that the country must be built upon the principles of the National Pact and the “balanced participation of all sects.”

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil reassured Sunday that the possible election of FPM founder MP Michel Aoun as president will not involve “bilateral, tripartite or four-party agreements” between political parties.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called for an “inter-Lebanese initiative” that ends the country's lengthy presidential vacuum.