Energy Minister Nada al-Bustani on Saturday said the ministry is completing its campaign to remove all encroachments on the power grid that continues in Baalbek on Saturday.

Lebanese Democratic Party member, Samer Abi Farraj, who was killed in Sunday’s Qabrshmoun clashes, was laid to rest on Saturday in his hometown of Baalchmey.

The calls to refer the Qabrshmoun incident to the Judicial Council weighs heavily on the government's possibility of convening in a session anytime soon, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

Free Patriotic Movement chief and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Friday lashed out at what he called the “approach of thuggery” in Lebanon's political life.

“Our battle today is between two concepts: the concept of the state and the concept of authoritarianism,” Bassil said in a speech at a graduation ceremony at the Antonine University.

Ex-minister Ashraf Rifi has issued a warning to Free Patriotic Movement chief and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on the eve of the latter's visit to the northern city of Tripoli.

Rifi appeared in a social media video in which he described Bassil as “the Daesh of Christians.”

Al-Mustaqbal bloc MP and ex-interior minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on Friday criticized Justice Minister Albert Serhan, who is one of the ministers who are loyal to President Michel Aoun in the government.

“It is obvious that the justice minister has favored his political affiliation over his professional reputation,” Mashnouq tweeted.

Sheikh Ali Daamoush, the deputy head of Hizbullah's Executive Council, on Friday stressed that “harming, insulting, intimidating and killing people is something rejected,” in reference to the unrest and deadly incident in the Aley district.

“Imposing new norms in Lebanon, which is the country of diversity, coexistence and openness, is something that does not serve the interest of any Lebanese, and it is not beneficial to establish things that harm the image of coexistence and rapprochement among the Lebanese,” Daamoush added.

Lebanese Democratic Party leader MP Talal Arslan on Friday called on President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Saad Hariri not to “mix blood with politics,” in reference to the ongoing political efforts to contain the repercussions of the deadly Qabrshmoun incident.

Speaking at the funeral of Rami Salman in the town of Ramliyeh, Arslan said it saddens him to “bid farewell to any young man from the Druze community.”

The funeral procession of Lebanese Democratic Party member, Rami Salman who was killed in Sunday’s Qabrshmoun clashes, kicked off on Friday in his hometown of Ramlieh.

President Michel Aoun on Friday delivered a message addressing the Lebanese youth saying “because you are the future of Lebanon, my message today is dedicated to you,” the address began.