Following the latest incidents in the northeastern border town of Arsal, fears that they could be the next target for the terrorist ISIL organization compelled the Christians in Lebanon to take precautionary protective measures, the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat reported on Saturday.

The latest developments in Iraq where hundreds of thousands of Christians and Yazidis have been displaced, aggravated fears that the the Christian community in Lebanon would face the same fate.

Speaker Nabih Berri has reportedly agreed with al-Mustaqbal Chief and former Premier MP Saad Hariri on the importance of extending the term of the parliament amid the ongoing presidential vacuum.

Ministerial sources close to the March 8 alliance told the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat, published on Saturday, that the two officials are seeking to justify the extension of the parliament's term by resolving several lingering crises.

The father of the 19-year-old suspect, who confessed to operating the Twitter account of the so-called Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade, said on Saturday that the family is close to Hizbullah.

“The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch stopped us at an army checkpoint in the town of Riyaq (in Baalbek) and demanded to inspect our identification papers then detained Hussein,” Shaman al-Hussein, the father, told the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat.

The March 14 coalition is preparing for a “general conference” that is expected to be attended by head of al-Mustaqbal movement ex-premier MP Saad Hariri.

According to the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa newspaper published on Saturday, the conference is to assess the experience of the coalition and its course of action.

French authorities are seeking to provide the Lebanese army with used weapons under a $3 billion deal financed by Saudi Arabia, the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa newspaper reported on Saturday.

According to the daily, Paris claims that the arms demanded by Lebanese military experts provoke Israel but the actual reason behind the delay in delivering the weapons is because Lebanon refuses to be granted used military equipment.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned on Friday of a “real existential danger” threatening Lebanon and the region, calling for putting all differences aside to face the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

“We have to believe that there is a real existential danger threatening us all and it is not a joke,” Nasrallah said during a televised speech he gave on the occasion of the July 2006 war “victory.”

Jordanian police on Friday announced that it has discovered the body of Lebanese journalist Mazen Diab at his house in the capital Amman.

"Security forces found the body of Diab tied with ropes inside his apartment,” Jordanian news agency ZAD said, noting that his house is located on Mecca Street in Amman.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam said on Friday that the large influx of Syrian refugees to the northeastern town of Arsal had a negative impact on the village.

“Some refugees exploited the hospitality of the residents of Arsal and had a plan to create chaos in it,” Salam said after meeting a delegation from the northeastern town.

The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch took control over the Twitter account of the so-called Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade and uploaded a picture of the Lebanese flag on its header.

The move came a day after ISF announced the arrest of the operator of the obscure group's twitter account.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi declared on Friday that the army alone protects Lebanon against challenges, hailing its recent sacrifices that “helped defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and other extremist groups.”

He added: “We hope politicians would follow the example of the army and make sacrifices to elect a new president.”