After the sudden clashes that erupted recently in two Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, the country's security forces have affirmed on Thursday that the “situation is fully under control, and efforts are underway to stop any attempts aiming to trigger chaos,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri has met at the Center House with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi where talks highlighted the issue of Syrian refugees, Hariri's media office said.

“I was pleased to meet with PM Hariri, together with the state minister for affairs of the displaced (Moein Merhebi) to discuss the situation of refugees in Lebanon and the region,” said Grandi.

Judges at a U.N.-backed tribunal Wednesday threw out a bid to acquit an alleged Hizbullah member of any role in the 2005 assassination of ex-prime minister Rafik Hariri.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Saturday said the case of satirist Ziad Itani must not be exploited for “tarnishing” the role of the judiciary and competent security forces, Hariri's media office said.

Justice Minister Salim Jreissati said on Saturday the “Lebanese people shall make apologizes to no one,” following remarks made by the interior minister asking Lebanese to apologize for “false” spy accusations made against Lebanese comedian Ziad Itani.

“The Lebanese shall make apologies to no one. It is not appropriate for any official to present electoral credentials by asking for such an apology. The declaration of innocence or conviction is the sole responsibility of the judiciary, which pronounces its verdicts alone,” Jreissati said in a tweet.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri, on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, held a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday evening, Hariri's media office affirmed Saturday.

Speaker Nabih Berri has assured all parties skeptical about the country's elections that the polls “are going to be staged as scheduled,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on Friday said he signed a decree rendering the full-time employment for Civil Defense volunteers.

During a celebration marking International Civil Defense Day, Mashnouq said: “I kept my promise, I have signed the decree that will open the door for rendering civil defense volunteers full-timers,” stressing that “the efforts exerted by civil defense elements over the past years have not been in vain.”

Families of Islamist detainees in Roumieh prison protested on Friday against the government’s delay in signing an amnesty law and demanding the inclusion of their family members in the bill, the National News Agency said.

The Internal Security Forces managed to apprehend in the town of Halat in Mount Lebanon one of the most dangerous drug traffickers in Lebanon, the ISF said in a statement on Friday.