The upcoming cabinet meeting will take place as scheduled particularly that each of the ministers, except for the Free Patriotic Movement, have committed to attend, as sources assured that Prime Minister Tammam Salam will not step down and will continue to assume responsibilities, ministerial sources told al-Joumhouria daily on Tuesday.

“Culture Minister Rony Araiji, the representative of the Marada Movement in the cabinet, told Prime Minister Tammam Salam that he will meet the calls for a cabinet meeting whenever an invitation is addressed,” sources close to Salam told the daily.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri held talks Monday evening in Bnashii with Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh.

A Syrian man was arrested Monday in the southern town of Deir al-Zahrani on suspicion of belonging to terrorist groups, state-run National News Agency reported.

The Kataeb Party stressed Monday that the September 28 presidential vote session must be a “constitutional process” not involving any “intimidation” or “blackmail.”

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has warned that “coexistence in Lebanon is threatened,” while noting that there is a duty to “resist and topple any illegitimate authority.”

The trial over a deadly 2012 bombing of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, due to start on Monday, has been pushed back to November because of a procedural error, prosecutors said.

Speaker Nabih Berri has announced that he would “communicate” with al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri “in the coming hours,” while ruling out the possibility of electing a president before the parties agree on a so-called “package deal.”

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.