Apple farmers in the city of Jbeil, north of Beirut, kicked off a sit-in on Monday and demanded a government action with regard to helping them sell their products, the National News Agency reported.

The farmers have briefly blocked the Jbeil highway leading to Beirut, and threw their apples on the road blocking the traffic for a couple of hours.

Unknown assailants tossed a hand grenade overnight on the roof of the residence of a Palestinian National Security member in the refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in Sidon, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

The grenade was tossed on the roof of the residence of Nasser Daoud, NNA added.

Free Patriotic Movement sources stressed that they have completed the preparations for the street rallies and are waiting for the start signal from MP Michel Aoun, As Safir daily reported on Monday.

"The plan to kick off street rallies and take action on the ground has been completed, and putting it into implementation awaits the signal of Aoun," the sources told the daily on condition of anonymity.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stated that International and Arab powers have no time to address Lebanon's needs, as he emphasized the necessity to reduce the pressure on Lebanon's security and economic situations through the election of a president which would bring about a positive shock that reactivates the institutions, As Safir daily reported on Monday.

“The presence of a president leads to the reactivation of the situation and triggers a positive impact to the country and reopens the institutions without exception,” said Jumblat in an interview to the daily.

Lebanese Forces MP George Adwan said on Saturday that an alternative to the street rallies that the Free Patriotic Movement has vowed to take on September 28 and October 13 is that al-Mustaqbal Movement chief ex-PM Saad Hariri reconsiders the election of founder of the FPM MP Michel Aoun as president, the state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.

“The main problem in Lebanon is the absence of a president. The alternative to these moves (FPM's threats) is that former Premier Saad Hariri reconsiders the election of Aoun as a president of the republic,” said Adwan.

A security meeting took place between the Lebanese Army Forces Intelligence Chief in the south Brigadier General Khodr Hammoud, and a delegation from the Palestinian political leadership and the Palestinian Supreme Security Committee to address the situation in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh following the latest incidents, Al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

The meeting was held at Mohammed Zgheib Barracks in Sidon and came to assess the conditions following an army operation in al-Tawari neighborhood in the camp and to stem clashes that erupted in al-Fawqani street against the backdrop of a killing incident that left Palestinian Simon Taha dead early this week.

Security forces at the Roumieh prison foiled an attempt to smuggle hashish and narcotics into the prison, an ISF statement said on Saturday.

On 20/9/2016 prison authorities at Roumieh thwarted an attempt, by two female visitors, to smuggle g 250 of hashish, and 450 pills of narcotics into the juvenile ward, the ISF Public Relations Department said in a statement on Saturday.

Central Bank Governor, Riad Salameh, called for implementing international standards and issuing required regulations so as to combat money laundering and terror funding in the region, the state-run National News Agency reported on Friday.

Salameh's words came during the 40th meeting of the Council of Arab Central Banks Governors which took place in Rabat.

Gunbattles renewed on Thursday between the Fatah Movement and members of an Islamist group led by Bilal Badr in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh.

The sounds of intermittent shooting continued early on Thursday between the fighting parties, NNA said.

Speaker Nabih Berri called the parliamentarians for a meeting on September 28 to elect a head for the Lebanese republic after they failed over 44 sessions to achieve the goal.