A “dangerous” Syrian fugitive and a Lebanese State Security agent were arrested Tuesday in the Bekaa border town of Arsal.

“The army arrested at its Ain al-Shaab checkpoint in Arsal the Syrian dangerous fugitive Mohammed al-Hakami and a Lebanese person called M. H. who was trying to help him escape,” state-run National News Agency reported.

President Michel Suleiman demanded Arab nations on Tuesday to share the burden of hosting Syrian refugees, urging also encouraging factions to neutralize the country from the ongoing turmoil in Syria.

“We urge convincing the largest number of Arab countries to share the burden and the number of Syrian refugees,” Suleiman said in a speech he gave at the Arab Summit in the Kuwaiti capital.

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc on Tuesday called on the government to “provide the proper political and security atmospheres” for holding the upcoming presidential election on time, calling for keeping the issue of disappeared persons away from political bickering.

“Solutions can only come through activating the work of state institutions and the political system we have, so that we can securely hold the presidential election,” MP Ibrahim Kanaan told reporters after the bloc's weekly meeting in Rabiyeh.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed Tuesday that “the Lebanese need a president who does not compromise,” calling for an urgent plan to address the dire security situations in Tripoli and the Bekaa.

“The battle of the presidential vote is the battle of the March 14 forces and the presidency is not for paving the ground for a political leadership but rather for selecting a strong president who has a clear vision for Lebanon according to March 14's legitimate political objectives,” Geagea said.

A personal dispute erupted into gunfire in the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp near Beirut's Tariq al-Jedideh neighborhood on Tuesday, sparking panic in the area in the wake of the deadly clashes that broke out near the Sports City on Sunday.

“A dispute between members of the al-Shamma family erupted into gunfire in the Shatila camp,” a military source told al-Jadeed television.

Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil announced on Tuesday that he withdrew from the Arab League meeting during Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmed Jarba's speech.

“I pulled out from the hall in harmony with my own convictions and allegiances,” Khalil, who is the political adviser of Speaker Nabih Berri, said via Twitter.

A police checkpoint in Dahr al-Baydar seized a quantity of drugs stashed in a minibus and detained the driver, the state-run National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

According to NNA, police officers seized on Monday 250 grams of hashish hidden in a “professional way” inside a white Mercedes minibus that was heading from the Bekaa towards Beirut.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged on Tuesday the rival parties to dissociate Lebanon from the regional and international turmoils, demanding officials to end the chaos in the country.

“The political, economic, social and security chaos in the country should end,” al-Rahi said in a sermon during a mass he held in Bkirki on the occasion of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

A Syrian woman set herself on fire on Tuesday in front of the United Nations aid center in the northern city of Tripoli in protest against the poor aid being presented to Syrian refugees in Lebanon, reported Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3).

The woman has been identified as Mariam Khawli, 40.

President Michel Suleiman reiterated on Tuesday his complete rejection to any attempt to extend his six-year-term, ruling out that Hizbullah would allow it.

“Extending my term is out of the question. If I was seeking to be granted an extension I wouldn't have taken the stance that I did over the past years,” Suleiman said in an interview with al-Mustaqbal newspaper.