Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's latest remarks about the return of Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri to the premiership were only aimed at “misleading the Lebanese,” Mustaqbal bloc MP Ahmed Fatfat said on Monday.

Speaker Nabih Berri has ruled out possible ministerial resignations over the thorny issue of military appointments while stressing that only the so-called “package deal” he has proposed can resolve the country's multiple political crises.

An Iraqi young man was released at dawn Monday after a brief kidnap in the eastern Bekaa region, state-run National News Agency reported.

Speaker Nabih Berri is expected to launch several decisive stances that would take the form of a “roadmap” in his upcoming speech during the commemoration of the 39th anniversary of the disappearance of Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his two companions, a media report said on Monday.

The cabinet is not facing the threat of collapse despite the disagreements over military appointments, a media report said on Monday, citing the Free Patriotic Movement's “interests” in Prime Minister Tammam Salam's cabinet and the latest stances of Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

Ministers Elias Bou Saab and Jebran Bassil of the Free Patriotic Movement are inclined to boycott Thursday's cabinet session in protest at term extensions for military and security chiefs, in a move that is meant to be a “warning” to the government, a media report said on Monday.

An explosive device was discovered Sunday outside the house of Bassel al-Hujeiri, the municipal chief of the restive northeastern border town of Arsal, state-run National News Agency reported.

Hizbullah MP Hassan Fadlallah on Sunday called on the political parties to deal “positively” with the latest proposal that was launched by Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

An Iraqi young man was kidnapped Sunday in the eastern city of Baalbek, state-run National News Agency reported.

Hizbullah on Sunday bombed gatherings of jihadists in the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, Hizbullah's al-Manar TV said.