Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel has called on the government to step down in connection with an agreement to evacuate al-Nusra Front jihadists from the outskirts of the Lebanese border town of Arsal.

A committee of Syrian refugees in Lebanon's eastern border region says tens of thousands of the group will remain where they are despite an arrangement offered to them to return to Syria.

The United Kingdom congratulated on Tuesday the Lebanese army on the occasion of Army Day and stressed the UK's continued support for the country's military institution, a press statement released by the British embassy said.

Hizbullah senior official Nabil Qawouq on Tuesday said the “battle against takfiri terrorism is not over yet,” assuring that Lebanon is capable of liberating the outskirts of Ras Baalbek and al-Qaa from the jihadist militants.

President Michel Aoun assured on Tuesday that Lebanon's military and security institutions are “fully prepared” to confront all forms of terrorism.

“We do not retreat in the face of terrorism in all its aspects and organizations. The army and the security institutions are ready to confront it,” said Aoun during a ceremony marking the 72nd anniversary of Army Day.

Lebanon marks on Tuesday the 72nd anniversary of the founding of its army, as the military institution gears up for a challenging battle in the outskirts of the border towns of al-Qaa and Ras Baalbek to eliminate jihadists entrenched in the area.

George Clooney's foundation is planning to open seven public schools for Syrian refugee children.

The second round of an exchange between Lebanon's Hizbullah and Syria's former al-Qaida affiliate al-Nusra Front has been postponed to Tuesday due to "logistical problems," TV networks said on Monday.

The process was supposed to begin with the evacuation of Nusra's militants and their families from the outskirts of the Lebanese border town of Arsal to north Syria.

A Mustaqbal bloc delegation led by ex-PM Fouad Saniora on Monday visited Kuwaiti Ambassador to Lebanon Abdul-Al al-Qinai to condemn alleged Hizbullah involvement in a “terrorist cell” that has been busted in the Gulf emirate.

Speaker Nabih Berri described as an “achievement” the recent Hizbullah operation against the jihadist al-Nusra Front group in the outskirts of Arsal, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

“What happened in the outskirts is a great achievement that is in its final stages,” Berri was quoted as telling his visitors.