A Lebanese man has been arrested in the airport of the Nigerian city of Lagos for trying to smuggle drugs to Lebanon in his boxer shorts, the head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said Wednesday.

Yves Awad, 23, was apprehended by officials of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) with about 260 grams of cocaine at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam is aware that the cabinet can convene despite the absence of Free Patriotic Movement ministers but is procrastinating on calling for a session to avoid a clash, sources close to the PM said.

The sources told al-Liwaa newspaper published on Wednesday that Salam does not want to hit the political balance in the government.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc lashed out on Tuesday at Hizbullah and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun, accusing them of implementing “suicidal, irresponsible policies.”

“The policy adopted by Hizbullah and its allies -- through their insistence on imposing a sole (presidential) candidate claiming exclusive representation of an entire sect – is a suicidal, irresponsible policy that might lead to Lebanon's destruction,” the bloc warned in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.

The Change and Reform bloc rejected on Tuesday attempts to hold a cabinet session that will not address the security appointments.

Former Minister Salim Jreissati said after the bloc's weekly meeting: “We will not allow the government to convene and violate the constitution.”

Development and Liberation parliamentary bloc MP Qassem Hashem and Shebaa town residents hoisted on Tuesday the Lebanese flag on a barbed wire fence that was newly erected by Israel, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The lawmaker and several of the town's residents erected the flag near Jabal Sadana, it said.

Former President Michel Suleiman on Tuesday severely criticized the Free Patriotic Movement and Hizbullah without naming them for seeking to “paralyze” the cabinet and dragging the war in neighboring Syria to Lebanon.

“It is not acceptable to impose conditions on the cabinet,” Suleiman said following talks with a delegation from al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc at his residence in Yarze.

Sources close to al-Qaida linked al-Nusra Front stated on Tuesday that the kidnapped Lebanese soldiers and policemen are kept in a safe place and that they are ready to fight along the ranks of the jihadist group if they are requested to do so.

“The video footage that was released lately is authentic. The soldiers have been provided with weapons upon their request and insistence to fight Hizbullah,” sources close to al-Nusra Front told al-Akhbar daily.

Hizbullah repelled Tuesday an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on the outskirts of the north Bekaa border areas of al-Qaa and Ras Baalbek near Syria's border.

The party's media outlets reported that fighters from Hizbullah thwarted an assault by ISIL jihadists at dawn on al-Mazbaha hilltop between Jouseih and al-Qaa.

Education Minister Elias Bou Saab denied Tuesday that the Free Patriotic Movement is targeting the jurisdictions of Prime Minister Tammam Salam.

“The dispute is not over the jurisdictions of the premier and we will not begin to target them,” Bou Saab said in comments published in al-Mustaqbal newspaper.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has advised Christian parties not to waste historic opportunities and to agree on a consensual candidate other than Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.

Saudi Arabia and Iran are in a dispute over the situation in Yemen, so there won't be any mediator to help Lebanese MPs elect a new president, Jumblat said in remarks published on Tuesday.