A building was evacuated in the northern city of Tripoli overnight after its residents fears that it may collapse, reported the National News Agency on Sunday.

It said that the residents of the ten-storey al-Mohajerin building evacuated it at around 2:00 a.m. following claims that it may collapse.

Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri stressed om Sunday that Lebanon's stability and security “should be a red line,” reported Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3).

He told the radio: “We will not allow the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or any other group to impose itself on decisions in Lebanon.”

Two security forces members abducted in the northeastern border town of Arsal by Islamist gunmen have been released, the Lebanese army said Sunday.

The Muslim Scholars Committee delegation, tasked with negotiating their release, and Sheikh Mustapha al-Hujairi, an official from Arsal, received the members, media reports said.

Syrian government troops have reportedly urged the residents of the eastern border village of Tufail to evacuate it ahead of a planned shelling, said the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa newspaper on Sunday.

The remaining residents of the village were warned to evacuate the area otherwise they may be harmed in the shelling.

The deadline for the electoral bodies to sign a decree to participate in the parliamentary elections will end on Monday, as Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq said that he has performed his duties regarding staging the polls, reported An Nahar daily on Sunday.

The minister told the daily: “I have completed all of my responsibilities and I have sent the decree to cabinet within the legal deadline.”

Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh on Saturday called for unity in Lebanon “to confront terrorism,” reiterating that the army-people-resistance equation is necessary in the confrontation.

"Our political choices turned out to be correct again and now it is time to face dangers and terrorism. We all agree that this is terrorism,” Franjieh said in an interview on al-Manar television.

The Arab Tawhid Party, led by former minister Wiam Wahhab, mourned on Saturday a Syrian member who died “while resisting to an armed attack” in the neighbouring country's town of Dama.

"With pride, we mourn our dear martyr Naji Abou Shaqra who hails from Dama in Syria,” the party announced in a statement.

Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi on Saturday assured that moderation will stand strong in the northern city of Tripoli in the face of "troublemakers" and “dark rooms.”

Rifi discussed with a delegation of northern figures, religious men, heads of associations and mayors “the suspicious campaign that aims at harming Tripoli's national role and religious coexistence.”

Four people were arrested over the killing of Lebanese journalist Mazen Diab in Jordan, the neighbouring country's Public Security announced on Saturday, noting that the murder was motivated by a personal dispute between the victim and one of the assailants.

Jordan's Public Security Directorate Media Center stated on Saturday that “the ambiguity surrounding the discovery of Diab's body has been unveiled, and four people were arrested for their involvement in committing the crime.”

Education Minister Elias Bou Saab issued passing statements to all Grade 12 and 9 and the technical schools students, who underwent official exams, after the Syndicate Coordination Committee rejected to budge an inch on the correction of the exams.

“Those who rejected granting students passing certificates should have thought about their best interest,” Bou Saab said during a press conference at the Ministry of Education.