Hizbullah has informed the Lebanese Army Intelligence on the details of dormant cells plotting terrorist attacks in Lebanon, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Tuesday.

“The party has a map on the locations of these dormant terrorist cells that are plotting dangerous bombings and its leadership has informed the Army Intelligence about it,” the daily said.

A Muslim cleric was Tuesday charged in Australia with conducting an illegal marriage between a 26-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl.

It follows the arrest of a Lebanese national -- the "husband" -- last week on child sex offences.

Preliminary investigations conducted by the army's intelligence directorate under the military judiciary's supervision have proved the involvement of the suspect Nawwaf al-Hussein in bombings that have hit areas considered sympathetic to Hizbullah, a media report said on Monday.

“Several days after the arrest of Nawwaf al-Hussein in the Bekaa town of Jlala, sources following up on the probe revealed that preliminary investigations have proved Hussein's involvement in the transfer of booby-trapped cars that were used in bombings,” LBCI television reported.

The Marshall Islands have nominated former Lebanese General Security chief Maj. Gen. Jamil Sayyed, who was detained in connection with ex-premier Rafik Hariri's assassination, as their envoy to UNESCO, the U.N. agency said Monday.

The move could see Sayyed given immunity from prosecution as the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon looks into the Hariri case.

Syria's air force launched two strikes on the outskirts of the Bekaa town of Arsal on Monday, causing no casualties, a Lebanese security source told Agence France Presse.

Lebanon's National News Agency said “Syrian warplanes launched two strikes on the town of Younine in the Eastern Mountain Range on the Lebanese-Syrian border.”

Several roads were blocked Monday in the northern city of Tripoli in protest at remarks voiced by a cleric from the Msheik family that were deemed insulting to Islam's second Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab.

“The Hariri Project-Qobbeh road has been blocked with burning tires in protest at remarks against (detained cleric) Omar al-Atrash that were voiced Sunday during a news bulletin,” state-run National News Agency reported.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat on Monday warned that Lebanon will further “drown” in terrorist bombings unless the “Lebanese brain” acts and innovates solutions.

Jumblat lauded “the rational call voiced by Ms. Rabab al-Sadr, the sister of missing imam Sayyed Moussa al-Sadr, in which she expressed a responsible stance, reminding of landmark remarks that were launched by the imam in 1976, through which he addressed the Lebanese brain.”

The General Security Directorate warned on Monday citizens from falling victims to spam phone calls that aim at blackmailing them, noting that the scams are carried out by civilians and military personnel.

“A number of civilians and military personnel are contacting nationals on Lebanese territories demanding them to pay a sum of money and deluding them into thinking that there are legal claims against them,” the directorate said in a communique.

An Internal Security Forces officer, Tanios Gemayel, briefed the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Monday on several missions that he undertook the day ex-Premier Rafik Hariri was assassinated on Feb. 14, 2005.

First Adjutant Gemayel, who works with judicial police in the scientific division and is a member of the Central Incident Bureau, appeared as a witness from Beirut via video link.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Monday several officials with corruption, negligence and embezzlement of public funds regarding the case of renovating Roumieh prison.

According to state-run National News Agency, Saqr charged two ISF officers, several employees and a contractor with the previous charges.