Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas emphasized that although Lebanon welcomes the displaced Syrians on its territory but the country will not resettle them, al-Joumhouria daily said on Thursday.

“The Syrians are our brothers and they are welcome, but the idea of resettlement, lending, renting or selling them parts of land, or selling them passports is out of the question,” stressed Derbas in an interview to the daily.

Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil stressed on Thursday that Lebanon's state budget for the year 2017 will be ready before the constitutional due date, al-Joumhouria daily reported.

“I am in the process of reaching the final stages in preparing the state's financial plan. It will be presented to the cabinet as soon as a session is set to discuss it,” said Khalil in an interview to the daily.

A Palestinian man was shot with gunfire early on Thursday when an unknown assailant opened fire at him in the refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in Sidon, the National News Agency reported.

Hizbullah on Wednesday lashed out at Syria's rebel groups after a video circulated on social media showed rebel fighters from the Nurredin Zinki group beheading a young boy after capturing him north of Syria's second city Aleppo.

An explosion has struck a southern Syrian town and there are conflicting reports on the cause of the blast.

Hizbullah fighters have reportedly destroyed a bulldozer of the al-Qaida linked al-Nusra Front in the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, the party's media said on twitter.

The military vehicle was carrying out reinforcements in the area of Wadi al-Khayl when the fighters destroyed it.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam will travel over the weekend to Mauritania to take part in the Arab Summit which is set to begin early next week, al-Liwaa daily reported on Wednesday.

At the summit, which will be held on July 26 and 27, Salam is expected to deliver a speech that will touch on the latest developments mainly the difficulties and problems experienced in the region.

The 29th dialogue session between Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal Movement was held in Ain al-Tineh Tuesday evening where the interlocutors stressed support to the Lebanese army and security apparatuses in their fight against terrorism, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

The session was held in the presence of Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's advisor Hajj Hussein Khalil, Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan, MP Hassan Fadlallah, Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, adviser of the Mustaqbal Movement leader Nader Hariri, Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq and MP Samir al-Jisr.

Al-Mustaqabl Movement slammed accusations fired by Hizbullah MP Nawaf Mousawi that blamed the Movement and Saudi Arabia for obstructing the election of a head of state, As-Sharq daily reported on Tuesday.

Mustaqbal official circles said: “Hizbullah is throwing the ball and responsibility in our court in order to drive the attention away from its obstruction of the election of a president.

The cabinet convened in a special session on Monday to tackle the worsening financial and economic situation in the country in light of an absent state budget since 2005, reports said.

Monday's meeting discussed Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil's report on the state's finances which was presented during last week's session in a move to find a solution for Lebanon's economic crisis.