A security official lamented on Sunday that security forces haven't yet received the so-called telecom data despite the cabinet's decision to allow Premier Najib Miqati to approve or reject requests for the data.

In remarks to An Nahar newspaper, the source said the procrastination in handing the data to the Internal Security Forces was hindering the work of the police and the army in several cases, including the recent abduction of a schoolboy.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said Sunday that his National Struggle Front and al-Mustaqbal bloc were coordinating efforts to reach consensus on an electoral draft-law that is reportedly based on a hybrid system.

In remarks to An Nahar daily, Jumblat said: “We and al-Mustaqbal movement are coordinating to achieve a consensual draft-law.”

Gemayel Defends Orthodox Plan for Guaranteeing Partnership, Says Not in Confrontation with Suleiman

Phalange leader Amin Gemayel reiterated on Sunday his support for the so-called Orthodox Gathering proposal but said his party was willing to approve several electoral draft-laws on condition they guarantee the best representation for Christians.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati reportedly postponed a trip to Romania over the security tension in Lebanon and the large-scale consultations between rival parties to agree on an electoral draft-law.

An Nahar newspaper said Sunday that Miqati postponed his official visit to Bucharest that was set to be made on March 8.

A man was killed on Saturday in the northern village of Wadi Khaled by gunshots fired from Syria's side of the border, as Syrian shells have landed in al-Dbabiyeh and al-Noura towns of the northern district of Akkar, the National News Agency reported.

The NNA said that a state of rage and anger was felt in the north after Hussein Ismael's death.

A bomb thrown by unidentified men exploded on Saturday in Beirut's Cola neighborhood, LBCI television reported.

MTV added that heavy gunfire was heard in the region after the bomb exploded.

Mohammed Youssef, a man under arrest for allegedly being involved in the shooting at Youth and Sports Minister Faisal Karami's convoy, was handed over to the security forces on Saturday after he had been shortly released by gunmen from the Islamic Hospital in the northern city of Tripoli, LBCI television reported.

Earlier on Saturday, an armed group stormed the northern hospital and released Youssef by force, LBCI said.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr demanded on Saturday Sidon police station to interrogate Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir over the possession of arms.

"Al-Asir will be questioned over the arms that were in the possession of his supporters on Friday," LBCI television said.

Lebanese Democratic Party leader Talal Arslan praised on Saturday Speaker Nabih Berri's efforts to resolve the sharp differences between the rival parties over the new electoral law, describing him as the country's “safety valve.”

“Despite the differences among the Lebanese, Berri is an important national guarantee that all sides should gather around to overcome the delicate stage with minimum losses,” Arslan said after holding talks with Berri in Ain el-Tineh.

Hundreds of protesters staged a sit-in Saturday in the Masnaa-Bar Elias area in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa valley, the main road linking Beirut to Damascus, blocking the passage of fuel tankers to war-torn Syria.

The demonstration, organized by the Association of Muslim Scholars, was staged in the eastern Bekaa Valley to stem fuel supplies intended for forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad.