Syrian forces arrested Tuesday, Lebanese citizen Khaled Mousa (32 years) in the northeastern border town of Wadi Khaled, for unclear reasons.

The National News Agency reported that Syrian border guards detained the man from his residence beside the Great River in the northern town of Wadi Khaled.

Tripoli and the North Mufti Sheikh Malek al-Shaar urged on Tuesday the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen to reconcile and resolve disputes among each other.

“The two sides should cooperate and find consensus in an attempt to remove all the obstacles between the two neighbors,” Shaar said after holding talks with Prime Minister Najib Miqati at the Grand Serail.

Division among cabinet members regarding the 2012 state budget witnessed a breakthrough on Tuesday as ongoing contacts among officials were perceived positively by different government parties.

Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, who is loyal to AMAL, Hizbullah Minister of Administrative Development Mohammed Fneish and Energy Minister Jebran Bassil, loyal to the Free Patriotic Movement, have exerted efforts during the past period in order resolve the prolonged crisis paralyzing the state.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is scheduled to arrive in Lebanon on Thursday in the first of a series of visits by European officials aimed at voicing support for Lebanon, reported the daily An Nahar on Tuesday.

A European diplomat told the daily that the visits are a “show of support for Lebanon given the deteriorating Syrian crisis.”

The United Arab Emirates will expel around 1,000 Lebanese expats living in the country as President Michel Suleiman is scheduled to head to the gulf state on Wednesday.

Some of the Lebanese expats, who were expelled during the past few weeks, were forced to sign a document claiming that they support Hizbullah or that they are carrying out “illegal security acts,” al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The March 14 forces are preparing a memorandum to hand President Michel Suleiman listing the factors that are key to their participation in the national dialogue, reported An Nahar daily on Tuesday.

It reported that the factors consist of the formation of a neutral government ahead of the 2013 parliamentary elections, setting the issue of illegal arms as a main topic of discussion, keeping Lebanon away from regional disputes, and asserting the role of the army in Lebanon.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati inked a decree to appoint five judges to the Higher Judicial Council as the tenure of the current members ended on June 5, An Nahar newspaper reported on Tuesday.

According to the daily, the premier referred the decree to President Michel Suleiman.

A reconciliation was reached on Monday between the former head of the Palestinian Armed Struggle, Mahmoud Issa, who goes by the nom de guerre of al-Lino, and the former leader of Fatah in Lebanon Munir al-Maqdah, reported As Safir on Tuesday.

The tense security situation in Lebanon was the main driving force for the reconciliation, revealed Palestinian sources to the newspaper.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon spokesman Marten Youssef said that several sessions will be held in June between the prosecution and the defense offices, reported An Nahar on Tuesday.

In the past five months the tribunal witnessed excessive activity, Youssef told the daily.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Monday noted that his government is “preserving stability,” stressing that through “unity and awareness” the Lebanese can prevent a spillover of the Syrian crisis into their country.

Briefing reporters after talks with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Bkirki, Miqati said: “We are not with or against the call for (the government’s) resignation, but we must rather stress that the government is preserving stability … We respect (Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel) Aoun’s viewpoint and we take his opinion into consideration.”