Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil announced Sunday evening that the candidate fielded by the FPM, Amal Abou Zeid, had won the parliamentary by-election that was held in the southern city of Jezzine to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Change and Reform bloc MP Michel Helou.

The third round of Lebanon's municipal elections was held on Sunday in the South and Nabatieh governorates following similar polls that were held earlier in Beirut, Baalbek-al-Hermel and Mount Lebanon.

People stood in queues outside polling stations to cast their ballots and after the polls closed Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq announced that voter turnout was 44% in Sidon city, 57.5% in Sidon's villages, 53% in Jezzine, 42.5% in Bint Jbeil, 47% in Tyre, 43.2% in Marjeyoun, 47% in Hasbaya and 49% in Nabatiyeh.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq announced on Sunday that the municipal elections in the town of Kfar Seer in the governorate of Nabatieh, have been postponed.

“We have postponed the elections in Kfar Seer because the majority of the candidates have withdrawn their nominations,” stated Mashnouq.

Police found on Sunday a fake bomb that was planted in a school in the southern city of Sidon, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The bomb was found in the Maarouf Saad Public School, and was wrapped with paper gift and tied to a timer clock.

General Security announced on Saturday the arrest of a Syrian national on suspicion of his affiliation to a terrorist group.

It said that A.M. contacted a terrorist group and its leader, identified as Syrian M.M., for the purpose of providing it with logistic support.

An explosive device was discovered in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in southern Lebanon, reported Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) on Saturday.

It said that the explosive, which was ready to be detonated, was located in al-Tahtani street in the camp.

U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen is set to visit Lebanon next week in wake of the adoption of an American law on imposing sanctions on Hizbullah, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

His visit reflects Washington's keenness on the implementation of the law in Lebanon and the world, informed diplomatic and financial sources told the daily.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam is scheduled to travel to the Turkish city of Istanbul to attend the Global Humanitarian Summit on Sunday, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

It said that he will address the case of Syrian refugees, demanding international support to allow the displaced to return to their homeland and safe regions to ease the burden they pose on Lebanon.

The Shiite powerhouses of Hizbullah and AMAL are expected to witness electoral battles during Sunday's municipal polls in the South and Nabatieh, reported An Nahar daily on Saturday.

The battles are set to take place between candidates among each party as opposed to the two parties themselves, political sources told the daily.

The Jezzine by-election scheduled for Sunday are predicted to witness a battle between three candidates, some of whom enjoy the support of the main Christian parties of the Free Patriotic Movement, Lebanese Forces, and Kataeb, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

The main candidates are Amal Abou Zeid, backed by the FPM, LF, and Kataeb, Ibrahim Azar, the son of former MP Samir Azar, and Patrick Rizkallah, a former FPM activist.