Hizbullah announced on Wednesday its support to the military institution, following the army's latest achievements against “Takfiri terrorism.”

"The army's advanced security achievements adds points to its honorable record,” a statement released by the party said.

A rumor was circulated Wednesday afternoon about an alleged arrest of an Internal Security Forces member who is part of the Center House's guard platoon over ties to detained top Qaida-linked militant Naim Abbas.

Al-Jadeed television identified the man as H. A., saying he is a member of the guard platoon of the Center House, the headquarters of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri in downtown Beirut.

Three people were wounded on Wednesday in a shooting in al-Zahriyeh area in the northern city of Tripoli.

"An unknown assailant fired gunshots at Samir Rustom in al-Zahriyeh in the afternoon, wounding him in the leg,” the state-run National News Agency reported.

The March 14 General-Secretariat on Wednesday noted that security measures alone cannot put an end to the wave of bombings that is hitting Lebanon, although it hailed the efforts of the army and security forces in the wake of the arrest of top Qaida-linked militant Naim Abbas.

The general-secretariat said it discussed “the state of security chaos that is moving from one region to another, the last of which was the discovery of booby-trapped cars and rockets that were prepared for firing in several areas in Beirut, Mount Lebanon and the Bekaa.”

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon suspended on Wednesday its sessions after the case of fifth suspect Hassan Merhi was joined to that of the four already convicted fugitives.

"We will announce the date of the upcoming session once Merhi's defense team has prepared all the necessary documents and is ready to take part in the trials,” STL Presiding Judge David Re announced.

A web developer has been sentenced to two months in prison for insulting President Michel Suleiman on Twitter, a judicial source told Agence France Presse.

"Jean Assy was sentenced to two months in jail for defaming and insulting the president via Twitter," the source said.

Security forces on Wednesday busted a four-member child trafficking ring in Beirut and freed the kids that were in its custody.

"A Beirut patrol was able to bust a child trafficking ring and arrest its four members,” the state-run National News Agency reported.

Only a few hours after detained Qaida-linked militant Naim Abbas made his confessions, the army started raiding arms depots in the al-Dibbiyeh and al-Saadiyat areas, where it seized explosives, rockets and fake IDs.

“Abbas is the one who told interrogators about the two (booby-trapped) cars that were seized in (Beirut's) Corniche al-Mazraa and (Bekaa's) Arsal, in addition to a warehouse in al-Saadiyat,” which lies on the coast linking Beirut to Sidon, LBCI television reported.

The Marshall Islands have withdrawn their nomination of a former General Security chief Maj. Gen. Jamil Sayyed to the UNESCO, a well-placed diplomatic source told Agence France Presse on Wednesday.

Sayyed, spent four years in prison on suspicion of involvement in the 2005 murder of the former prime minister Rafik Hariri. He denies any involvement and claims to have been subjected to arbitrary detention.

Lebanese officials hailed on Wednesday the Lebanese army and the Intelligence directorate on its security accomplishment by arresting a most-wanted fugitive and seizing two explosive-laden vehicles.

President Michel Suleiman praised the Lebanese army on the arrest of Naim Abbas, a leader in the Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades, described as the group's number two man in Lebanon, and seizing two booby-trapped cars in Beirut and the Bekaa.