Speaker Nabih Berri said a new electoral law must be agreed within the one-month time period given since President Michel Aoun used his powers to suspend the parliament, and assured that he longer adheres to the 64-64 version of a law format he proposed earlier, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

“In the remaining time we have to reach a new electoral law, we must not give up or be forced to extend (the parliament's term). There is still time, it is shameful for us to fail at finding a format that satisfies all segments of Lebanese society, regardless of their magnitude,” Berri told his visitors on Tuesday

The Lebanese army arrested the 'largest arms dealer' in Lebanon in the border town of Britel in the Bekaa region, media reports said on Wednesday.

The army staged security raids in the said area and was able arrest the dealer, who was identified as Aahed Mohsen Mazloum, they added.

The Internal Security Forces arrested 35-year-old Syrian mother on Wednesday after dumping her newborn baby a year earlier into a waste container on al-Dora highway, the National News Agency reported Wednesday.

“On the basis of information available to the Tripoli Judicial Unit, the police were able to arrest Syrian national S.H. for throwing out on 22/6/2016 her newborn baby girl into a dumpster in al-Dora area. The baby was thrown out the same day she was born,” an ISF statement said.

The international community has notified the Lebanese government of the necessity to agree on a new law for the upcoming parliamentary polls in order for the country to be able to restore its “democratic rhythm,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

“Prominent international community sources have communicated with the Lebanese government stressing the necessity to devise a new law or stage the parliamentary elections because the international community is annoyed with a country that endured a presidential vacuum for two years, and is unable now to draft a new election law and restore its normal democratic cycle,” said al-Joumhouria.

Israeli military vessels violated Lebanon's territorial waters off Ras al-Naqoura, the Lebanese Army Orientation Directorate said in a statement on Monday.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi presided over a mass service on Monday in appreciation of France in presence of French Ambassador Emmanuel Bonne and a number of political figures, the National News Agency reported.

Rahi prayed for the prosperity and peace in France, saying: “We raise our prayers for the peace and prosperity of this dear country. Our prayers also accompany the beloved people of France, who are preparing these days to elect a new President of the Republic.”

Unknown assailants tossed a stun grenade at dawn on Monday in the southern al-Njasa neighborhood in Sidon, the National News Agency said.

The grenade exploded triggering a fire in a pile of garbage, NNA added.

Two men were killed on Monday when an unknown man driving a four-wheel vehicle opened fire at them in Qob Elias in the Bekaa region, the National News Agency reported.

An unidentified man driving a four-wheel car opened fire at Talal Hmeid al-Awad and Khalil Qattan killing them instantly, NNA said.

Al-Mustaqbal MP Ammar Houri criticized on Monday an electoral law proposal suggested by Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil saying “it brings us back to the logic of civil war.”

“The (so-called) qualification part of Bassil's proposal brings us back to the logic of civil war. It is very far from the constitution and the path drawn by the Taef agreement,” said Houri in an interview to VDL (100.5).

The calls of Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi to re-endorse the 1960 electoral law, must be taken into consideration so as to avoid the formation of a military government if Lebanon fails to approve a new voting system that could push it into a parliamentary vacuum, media reports said on Monday.

“Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi has informed the related authorities that he rejects vacuum at the legislative authority because it only means disruption of the constitutional process,” unnamed political sources told the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa daily.