Bank transfers from Saudi Arabia to Lebanon have stopped as part of the measures taken by Riyadh against the country following the halt of billions of dollars of aid to the Lebanese army and security forces, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday

The newspaper quoted banking sources as saying that Lebanese banks have informed their branches about the halt of transfers.

A national dialogue session whose discussions were set to focus on the electoral draft-law on Wednesday was adjourned following the death of Prime Minister Tammam Salam's mother.

Speaker Nabih Berri, who hosts the all party-talks at Ain el-Tineh, announced late Tuesday that the session was adjourned. He did not set a new date.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement chief ex-PM Saad Hariri held talks on Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, his press office said.

Al-Liwaa daily quoted a Russian diplomatic source as saying that the preparations for the previously unannounced visit began almost two weeks ago as part of Russian-U.S. cooperation to come up with a roadmap to end the presidential vacuum.

The Kataeb Party warned Tuesday against any attempt to “deviate attention from the obstructed presidential vote” by “stirring sensitive issues such as national partnership and naturalization, regardless of their importance.”

The Free Patriotic Movement and al-Mustaqbal movement continued their war of words on Tuesday after FPM chief and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil warned of an alleged scheme to naturalize Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

In a statement issued after its weekly meeting, al-Mustaqbal bloc condemned what it called Bassil's “shameful behavior towards U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon when he refused to receive him and welcome him.”

Two teenagers have been arrested on charges of calling the police and threatening to blow up police stations, the Internal Security Forces announced Tuesday.

A retired Internal Security Forces brigadier general and a chief warrant officer have been detained on charges of forging medical aid bills, state-run National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Public Works and Transport Minister Ghazi Zoaiter said on Tuesday that an amount of $1.4 million is required to buy equipment to complete the security procedures at the Rafik Hariri International Airport.

“We need funding to buy the equipment that serve the airport's safety and security,” he said in a press conference he held at the terminal.

Unknown assailants tossed a hand grenade on Tuesday in the al-Fawqani street at the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the southern city of Sidon, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The grenade attack was followed by machine-gun fire at the grocery market conjunction, NNA added.

Western security officials have warned that the Islamic State extremist group began mulling once again to transfer the battle from the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal to the northern district of Akkar.

The officials, according to al-Akhbar daily published on Tuesday, said that the IS is eyeing Akkar and planning on renewing its strategy to create a passage to Lebanon's coastline by linking the Syrian Qalamoun mountains with Arsal and Akkar.