Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed on Sunday that the Minister of Environment is not to blame for the waste management crisis and that those who put the letter of conditions are accountable.

“The areas of Metn, Aley and Chouf need to know where they should throw the trash. Those who put the letter of conditions are to blame. It is not the fault of the Environment Minister,” said Jumblat in statement addressing people of Shahhar.

Israel has arrested a Swedish man of Lebanese origin and charged him with being an agent of Hizbullah, Israeli authorities said on Sunday.

Hassan Khalil Hizran, 55, was detained on July 21 but his arrest was kept under wraps until now.

Speaker of Paraguay arrived in Beirut at the head of a parliamentary delegation at the official invitation from Speaker Nabih Berri, the state-run National News Agency said on Sunday.

Six members of parliament and several members of the Lebanese community in Paraguay accompanied the Speaker.

A 25-year-old man who was believed to be missing overnight came back home Sunday morning after claims that he was tortured and robbed by unknown assailants, the National News Agency reported.

Janah Chafiq Abdul Khaleq, from Aley's Majdal Baana was believed to be missing when contact was lost with him at night.

The Lebanese army said on Saturday that it has arrested a Syrian national in the northern city of Tripoli for belonging to terrorist organizations.

An army communique said Mohammed Assaad Awad was apprehended in the area of al-Mankoubine.

“You Stink" campaign activists held a protest in downtown Beirut on Saturday to shed light on the country's ongoing waste management crisis and to pour their anger on officials for failing to find a solution to the problem.

The demonstrators, who gathered in Martyrs Square, criticized the authorities for lacking the ability to resolve the garbage crisis that erupted when the landfill in the town of Naameh, south of Beirut, was closed on July 17.

A 20-year-old university student, who was kidnapped earlier in the week, was on Saturday released in the eastern Bekaa Valley after ransom was paid, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Marc al-Hajj Moussa was abducted by armed men at dawn Thursday on a road in the Metn town of Mazraat Yashouh while on his way home in Bikfaya.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun launched on Saturday a scathing attack against Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji, accusing him of serving the interests of politicians instead of those of the nation.

He declared after an extraordinary meeting of the Change and Reform bloc: “Qahwaji has politicized the army and we warn him against placing the military in confrontation with the people.”

The extension of the terms of security officials has been welcomed by members of the field, who ruled out the possibility of escalation over the development, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

Security sourced told the daily that they “did not sense any popular sentiment” that may drive the people to the street over the extension.

Hizbullah has reportedly requested that its lawmakers refrain from making statements to the media on the recent extension of the term of security officials, said al-Joumhouria on Saturday.

It said that head of the party's Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Mohammed Raad will announce Hizbullah's stance on Sunday.