Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq said the security situation in the country is “very fragile” as officials warned that terrorists are plotting attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs and on a security base using explosives-laden trucks.

In remarks to As Safir daily published on Tuesday, al-Mashnouq said the army and security agencies – Internal Security Forces and General Security – are doing an excellent “coordination” work.

Saudi security officials are in Beirut to follow up the results of the investigation into the Duroy Hotel blast last week which was carried out by a Saudi suicide bomber, An Nahar daily reported Tuesday.

Pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat said Friday that the delegation's visit is aimed at identifying the suicide bomber. But according to An Nahar, the officials would only seek information on the probe.

Three booby-trapped cars were discovered in Syria's Qalamoun plains on the border with Lebanon, among them two with Lebanese license plates, Syria's state TV announced on Monday afternoon.

The cars were found in Qalamoun's Wadi al-Hossayn region, the TV network noted.

Two people were killed and several others were wounded in an armed clash Monday at the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in southern Beirut.

“Palestinian nationals Wael al-Tull and Jamil al-Issawi, 73, were killed and several people were injured in clashes between a Palestinian group and another loyal to Nasser al-Droubi and the al-Zir family at Shatila camp's peripheries,” state-run National News Agency reported.

The Kataeb Party criticized on Monday Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun's proposals to end the country's deadlock over the presidential and parliamentary elections, deeming them “impossible” demands.

It said after its weekly politburo meeting: “Ending the crisis does not require impossible proposals, which will only exacerbate the situation.”

The shadowy Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade on Monday pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the chief of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a day after the powerful jihadist group declared an “Islamic caliphate” led by Baghdadi.

“With utmost honor and pride, we announce our allegiance to the jihadist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as a caliph for Muslims,” the Brigade announced on its Twitter account.

Former Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Monday lashed out at Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Michel Aoun's suggestion to end the presidential impasse, considering it a “coup.”

"The proposal put forward by General Michel Aoun to amend the constitution to elect a president by the people and to allow each sect to vote for its own MPs at parliament is a real coup,” Miqati said in a released statement.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun called on Monday for a constitutional amendment that would allow the people to elect their head of state in an attempt to resolve the presidential deadlock.

He said there should be a “limited constitutional amendment,” allowing Lebanese citizens to elect the head of state in two rounds to avoid the same scenarios that parliamentary sessions are witnessing.

A court hearing on Monday against Tele Liban over broadcasting World Cup 2014 matches without authorization was adjourned to later this week.

Judge Zalfa al-Hassan postponed the hearing to Friday to study the claims made by TL and beIN Sports, which filed the lawsuit over airing the World Cup matches.

The March 14 alliance's officials have been holding meetings away from the media spotlight to come up with a united stance on the upcoming parliamentary elections, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

The newspaper quoted a March 14 source as saying that the majority of the coalition's members have rejected another extension of parliament's four-year mandate.