MP Serge Ter Sarkisian voiced calls on Tuesday upon President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri to “safeguard their joint visions” for Lebanon and to “preserve their consensual views” in light of the debate between political parties over an electoral law for the upcoming parliamentary polls.

“I call upon the President and PM to complete their common vision and to maintain consensual positions,” said the MP in an interview with VDL (93.3).

Islamic State 'emir', Ahmed Wahid al-Abed, was killed in a bomb explosion in the northeastern town of Arsal, LBCI reported on Tuesday.

Al-Abed, a Syrian hailing from al-Jarajir town in al-Qalamoun, was killed in a bomb explosion in the outskirts of Arsal, it added.

The General Security Directorate was able to thwart an Islamic State group terror scheme, that had plans to target Beirut's Central District, al-Akhbar daily reported on Tuesday.

The daily added that the Islamic State's plans were “exceptional” this time, after it managed to infiltrate the real estate company of Solidere and recruit one of the employees.

Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal Movement stressed during their 40th bilateral dialogue session on Monday “the importance of devising an electoral law within the constitutional timeframe.”

Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Monday that he has agreed with President Michel Aoun that “there will be no rift from now on at the level of the executive authority.”

Lebanon's central prison in Roumieh witnessed protests by a number of inmates on Monday, as relatives of prisoners staged road-blocking sit-ins in several Lebanese regions, demanding a “general amnesty.”

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on Monday called on President Michel Aoun to “reevaluate his stance” regarding the choices he might resort to should the parties fail to agree on a new electoral law.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri held a meeting on Monday with Saudi State Minister for Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan at the Grand Serail, the National News Agency reported.

The meeting took place in the presence of the Prime Minister's aide Nader Hariri. Nader Hariri.

Kataeb Party leader Sami Gemayel voiced his utter rejection on Monday of endorsing the controversial 1960 electoral law for the upcoming parliamentary elections even with an amended version.

“If a new electoral law was not approved this week, we might head towards either the 1960 law or a technical extension of the parliament's term which we categorically reject,” said Gemayel after a meeting he held with former president Michel Suleiman.

President Michel Aoun held talks with Saudi State Minister for Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan on Monday at the Presidential Palace, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Al-Sabahan stressed during his meeting with Aoun that his visit comes in the “framework of following up on discussions that have been first agreed between Aoun and Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz,” during the president's visit to Saudi Arabia in January.