Speaker Nabih Berri stressed on Monday that he made many concessions to facilitate the formation of the cabinet, as he urged President Michel Aoun to “open up” to Marada chief MP Suleiman Franjieh to end the stalemate hampering the formation of the cabinet, As Safir daily reported Monday.

“Despite the apparent obstacles, the government could be formed any minute now,” Berri told the daily, as he described as “unrealistic” the reports blaming his for the delay.

After a late armed attack against an Infantry Brigade in north Lebanon killed a soldier, the Lebanese army staged raids early on Monday in the northern district of Dinniyeh in search for the assailants, media outlets reported on Monday.

One soldier, Amer Mustafa al-Mohammed, was killed and another was injured overnight when gunmen attacked the 10th Infantry Brigade in the northern town of Bqaa Safrine, they added.

A senior official of Speaker Nabih Berri's AMAL Movement announced Sunday that AMAL and Hizbullah are not seeking a confrontation with the rising Lebanese Forces-Free Patriotic Movement alliance.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat on Sunday discussed the latest political developments with visiting Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion.

A young man and a young woman were found killed Sunday in the Bekaa region of Hermel, state-run National News Agency reported.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called on the country's politicians to “abide by the constitution” and facilitate the formation of the new cabinet.

Two Syrians were arrested Sunday in Beirut on suspicion of having ties to terrorist groups, state-run National News Agency reported.

Head of Hizbullah's Liaison and Coordination Committee Wafiq Safa has expressed the party's concerns regarding the new presidential tenure during a meeting with Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil, a media report has said.

All political parties want the new government to be formed soon and a visit by Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh to the Baabda Palace is expected to facilitate the formation process, a media report said on Sunday.

General Directorate of State Security arrested a Syrian national on Saturday suspected of forging documents, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The suspect identified as M.S. was arrested in the southern town of Rashaya, NNA said.