A man was shot dead overnight after an armed dispute erupted between two families in the southern Tyre village of Jwayya, the state-run National News Agency reported on Monday.

A conflict erupted between the Qassem and Ismail families against the backdrop of hanging a poster advertising for a municipality member, which aggravated to an armed clash and led to the killing of Hussein Dayekh, NNA said.

The General Security arrested on Saturday two individuals, a Lebanese and Syrian, on charges of having links to terror groups and for waging attacks against the Lebanese army during the Abra battles in 2013, the state-run National News Agency reported.

“Based on the General Prosecution’s order to follow up on sleeper terror cells, the General Security arrested Lebanese Kh.B. on charges of having links to terror groups,” the General Security said in a statement.

Hizbullah slammed as “lies” all media reports that alleged that clashes erupted between fighters of the party and the Syrian army in the Syrian province of Aleppo lately, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

“A number of local and Arab media outlets launched a series of lies in the past few days on the field situation in Syria, alleging that clashes erupted between Hizbullah and the Syrian army on one hand and between Hizbullah and allied factions on the other. We strongly denounce these allegations and lies,” said a Hizbullah statement issued on Saturday.

The Lebanese file will be discussed during separate visits of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif and Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman to France late in June, An Nahar daily reported on Saturday.

The Lebanese and Syrian file will top the agenda of the diplomats during visits that will kick off starting June 26, added the daily.

Al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri stated on Friday that the Lebanese and its Shiite community are paying the price for Hizbullah’s involvement in Syria, and assured that Lebanese banks are applying international financial regulations that have been approved by the whole parliament including Hizbullah MPs.

“All of Lebanon, with all its regions and communities, starting with the dear Shiite community, is paying unbearable prices for options in which Lebanon, the Lebanese people and their state have no say,” said Hariri at an Iftar he held in the Bekaa, in honor of families from Zahle, Central Bekaa and Baalbek.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is expected to comment in the coming days on the bombing that rocked the headquarters of BLOM Bank in Verdun, media reports said, after several parties accused his party of staging the attack to intimidate the banking sector amid a row over the implementation of anti-Hizbullah U.S. financial sanctions.

The Association of Banks in Lebanon discussed the latest developments in an extraordinary meeting on Monday and condemned the attack that targeted the HQ of BLOM Bank in the capital a day earlier, an ABL statement said.

“ABL and the Lebanese share condemnation of the bombing that targeted a reputable economic institution, and we believe that this attack has affected the whole banking sector and aims to destabilize the economy,” said the statement.

Lebanese politicians slammed on Monday the latest bombing attack that targeted the HQ of a reputable Bank in the capital Beirut a day earlier.

“We denounce the Orlando and Beirut attacks. They only make us more determined to continue our joint fight against takfiri terrorists,” Lebanon's Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

The explosion that rocked Beirut Sunday evening and that targeted the HQ of BLOM Bank, was preceded by a series of “threat” messages the most recent was a report published by the Iranian Fars News Agency, al-Mustaqbal daily reported on Monday.

The message enclosed warnings attributed to a figure associate of Hizbullah against the banking sector in Lebanon, it said.

Washington denounced on Monday the bombing that rocked the western part of the Lebanese capital late Sunday and targeted the HQ of BLOM Bank, LBCI reported on Monday.

“Washington denounces the terrorist bombing. The United States reiterates its strong commitment towards the Lebanese people's stability and security,” State Department spokesman John Kirby stated.