The army detained on Sunday three people pending an investigation in links to the twin suicide bombing in Jabal Mohsen neighborhood in the northern coastal city of Tripoli.

According to the state-run National News Agency, the three men were detained as part of an investigation into Saturday's attack on a cafe in the flashpoint Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen.

Energy Minister Arthur Nazarian considered on Sunday that the exploration of Lebanon’s offshore oil and gas requires a solid political decision by the rival parties.

The minister urged in comments published in the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Seyassah the cabinet to swiftly approve two decrees essential to award the oil blocks for oil companies.

Information Minister Ramzi Jreij expressed optimism on Sunday that ministers will be able to resolve the controversy over the treatment of solid waste, pointing out a breakthrough will be reached.

“The dispute was only related to one detail, which in my opinion will be resolved as a cabinet session will be held on Monday,” Jreij said in comments published in the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah newspaper.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed on Sunday that dialogue had already kicked off with the Free Patriotic Movement, pointing out that talks will not only focus on the presidential deadlock but also touches on basic and notable matters.

“We are not seeking to carry out a dialogue to take pictures,” Geagea said in an interview published in the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Seyassah.

A young man succumbed to his wounds Saturday after being severely wounded in a personal dispute that took place Friday in Faraya.

The state-run National News Agency identified the victim as 27-year-old Yves Naufal.

Seven people were killed and many wounded in an explosion that rocked a cafe in Tripoli's Jabal Mohsen.

The National New Agency said that a “suicide bomber blew himself at Cafe Omran in Jabal Mohsen and when the residents of the area gathered another suicide bomber blew himself up.”

The Gulf Cooperation Council on Saturday criticized the latest stances of Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah about Bahrain, accusing him of “inciting violence and discord.”

“He went beyond interfering in Bahrain's affairs in an attempt to destabilize the security and stability,” the GCC charged.

The snowstorm that has been lashing Lebanon since Tuesday caused four more casualties over the weekend as municipal workers spread rock salt to open blocked roads.

The state-run National News Agency said that four Bangladeshi workers died in the town of Mrah Sraj in Dinniyeh district from suffocation because of bad heating.

Well-informed Lebanese officials said on Saturday that the Syrian side depicted the latest measures taken by Lebanon's government to control the influx of Syrian refugees as a “flagrant violation of the Lebanese-Syrian treaty that could aggravate relations between the two neighboring countries”.

The sources also did not rule out the possibility that the Syrian authorities could take similar measures as a retaliatory action by closing the transit border line between Lebanon and the Arab countries.

Environment Minister Mohammed al-Mashnouq stressed on Saturday that the cabinet would reach a decision on the waste management file by January 17, the deadline for closing the Naameh landfill and the date when the contract with the company, which collects dumps in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, expires.

Al-Mashnouq told Ad-Diyar daily published on Saturday that the decision would not be reached over the weekend but definitely at the start of next week.