Internal Security forces thwarted an escape attempt this week by Fatah al-Islam inmates in Roumieh prison, according to media reports on Saturday.

Prisoners tried to escape from Roumieh prison Bloc B through a hole they dug in one of the cells, which apparently leads to an abandoned factory nearby, shut down after fire broke out in it two years ago.

Outgoing United Nations Interim Force Commander Major General Alberto Asarta stated on Saturday that the security situation in southern Lebanon had improved greatly five years after the release of U.N. Security Council resolution 1701.

“More than five years after adoption of the resolution, conditions on the ground have significantly improved, the cessation of hostilities and respect for the Blue Line have been generally upheld by the parties (Lebanon and Israel),” Asarta said during a farewell transfer of power ceremony in the South.

Lebanon obtained conflicting reports that Imam Moussa al-Sadr was alive during the 2011 military operation in Libya, while others said that he was alive until 1994, reported As Safir newspaper on Saturday.

Informed sources told the newspaper that Sadr was alive in Libya until 1994 and after that “no trace of him remained.”

The Beirut Mall that was extinguished by Civil Defense teams on Saturday has erupted again.

The fire has spread from the power generator room to the toy warehouse.

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour has completed 86 of the diplomatic appointments, revealed As Safir newspaper on Saturday.

Political sources therefore predicted that all of the diplomatic appointments may be complete before the end of next week.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun’s “unprecedented” attack against the political class may be early signs of his preparations for the 2013 parliamentary elections battle, reported al-Liwaa newspaper on Saturday.

Informed political sources told the newspaper: “He is seeking to fortify his position in Lebanon seeing as he has started to detect that he has lost supporters in favor of his political adversaries.”

The head of the Audit Bureau Judge Aouni Ramadan announced that a hundred companies have benefitted from the red diesel “scandal” that has erupted recently, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

He added that the companies’ gains have ranged between 0.3 and 7 percent.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati had requested from Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Daniel Bellemare that he delay the release of the indictment in the assassination attempts of former ministers Marwan Hamadeh and Elias al-Murr, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

He hoped that the indictment would be revealed after Lebanon approves the renewal of its cooperation protocol with the STL.

Internal Security Forces chief Ashraf Rifi confirmed on Saturday reports of a foiled assassination attempt against security officials, reported Voice of Lebanon radio.

He revealed that head of the ISF’s Information Branch Col. Wissam al-Hassan was the target of the foiled attempt.

A two-storey building collapsed on Friday in the Akkar town of Bebnin, reportedly leaving one person wounded.

“The collapsed building in Bebnin belongs to citizen Zakariya Soufan and it was inhabited by six people; however, the divine providence rescued everyone,” Al-Manar television reported.