The Free Patriotic Movement chose to brand its planned street movements under the title of commitment to the National Pact in order to embarrass its allies into participation in the rally it called for on September 28 and October 7, media reports said on Thursday.

Change and Reform ministerial sources said that the FPM decided to raise the slogan of the “National Pact” in its demonstration in an attempt to embarrass its allies mainly the Lebanese Forces to push them towards participation.

Several people were wounded Wednesday when a personal dispute erupted into an armed clash between Lebanese and Palestinian young men in the northern area of al-Beddawi, media reports said.

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc announced Wednesday that it has started mobilizing for street protests on September 28 and October 13 as part of its escalatory steps that are aimed at pressing the other parties in the country to “abide by the National Pact.”

A landmine exploded Wednesday under a vehicle for Spanish peacekeepers in the outskirts of the southern town of Ibl al-Saqi, state-run National News Agency reported.

Speaker Nabih Berri announced Wednesday that his AMAL Movement is “awaiting a judicial ruling” in the case of the bombing that was aimed at targeting AMAL convoys in the Zahle region, while slamming the political uproar that accompanied last week's arrests.

The Lebanese army shelled the positions of the Islamic State group on the outskirts of the border towns of Ras Baalbek and al-Qaa, the state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

From their positions in the northern Bekaa valley, the army bombarded the IS positions with heavy artillery.

Three people were wounded, including an Internal Security Forces member, in an exchange of fire in the Palestinian refugee camp of al-Bass in the southern city of Tyre, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

An ISF patrol was removing a construction violation in the camp of al-Bass near the EDL company in Tyre when the owners of the violations and several members form the camp started acting roughly with the security members.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam stressed on Wednesday that Lebanon is in the heart of the battle against terrorism and must help with the efforts to eradicate it, as he emphasized that the first step to end disorder is through the election of a president.

“Lebanon is in the heart of the battle against terrorism. It is directly involved with the reduction of violent extremism that has made our region and the world a bloody panel,” said Salam in a speech at the Grand Serail during the launching of official talks over the national plan to fight terrorism.

A war of words erupted on Wednesday between speaker Nabih Berri and Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea over the latter's proposal that Berri reduces the number of participant in the all-party talks.

“I have have carefully read your perusal as for the composition of the dialogue (members) which I have a lot to say about, but I won't because I don't like to go into a controversy with you,” said Geagea via Twitter.

Hizbullah and the Marada Movement did not take a decision to boycott the cabinet's future meetings and their latest absence from the government session was only temporary, As Safir daily reported on Wednesday.

Sources close to Prime Minister Tammam Salam told the daily that discussions on the impasse at the governmental level following the absence of ministers of Hizbullah, Marada and the Free Patriotic Movement from the latest meeting are at a halt right now because of the Eid al-Adha holiday.