The leader of an Islamist group in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, Bilal al-Orqoub, has reportedly been killed and his sons were arrested, LBCI TV station reported on Sunday.

Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh on Saturday reassured that the status of the Lebanese lira is "stable."

The Progressive Socialist Party has threatened to quit government should there be a vote on "curbing the role of PSP chief Walid Jumblat."

The Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh was on Saturday witnessing cautious calm after a Palestinian "security operation" that ended in the withdrawal of an Islamist group from a camp's neighborhood and the escape of its leader.

The Presidency on Friday said a media report has “misinterpreted” President Michel Aoun’s latest remarks on the economic situation.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri has received a phone call from President Michel Aoun, who asked him to “hold a cabinet session as soon as possible,” news portal Mustaqbal Web, which is affiliated with Hariri’s al-Mustaqbal Movement, said on Friday.

Hariri adviser ex-MP Ammar Houry meanwhile told al-Markazia news agency that “PM Hariri knows his constitutional jurisdiction very well.”

Armed clashes broke out Friday afternoon in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp following the assassination of Hussein Alaeddine, aka “Abu Hassan Khomeini”.

The National News Agency said RPGs and machineguns were being used heavily in the camp’s al-Sifsaf area.

Speaker Nabih Berri has called the parliament for a meeting in October to discuss and explain Article 95 of the Lebanese constitution based on a letter sent by President Michel Aoun, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said on Friday that the new political crisis in Lebanon and the “suffocating” economic conditions constitute a “threat” to Lebanon’s national identity and image.

Several contacts were held overnight to resolve the Qabrshmoun crisis that crippled the cabinet meetings as sources close to Speaker Nabih Berri said that parties are considering a new initiative that may record a breakthrough, the pan-Arab al-Hayat newspaper said on Friday.