Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas denied recent reports saying that the United Nations is discussing with Lebanese authorities the possibility of setting up camps for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, reported the Kuwaiti daily al-Seyassah on Sunday.

He described the reports as “inaccurate,” saying that the Lebanese government, through the Ministry of Social Affairs, is in constant contact with international organizations and UNHCR over the case of the refugees.

A delegation from Hizbullah is expected to visit Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Tuesday on the occasion of Liberation Day and a time of heated debates over his visit to Jerusalem, reported the Kuwaiti daily al-Anba on Sunday.

The daily said that the delegation will indirectly attempt to persuade the patriarch against making the trip or thank him for canceling it should he do so before Tuesday.

Four people were arrested on Saturday in the port city of Jbeil for possessing a large quantity of hashish, the state-run National News Agency reported.

“A patrol of the Jbeil police department detained three young men and a woman and seized large quantities of hashish with them,” the NNA said.

An armed Syrian national was arrested on Saturday in the Bekaa town of Arsal as he was trying to infiltrate the border region.

"The Arsal police department managed to arrest A.S., 18, in the Wadi Hmayyed region of Arsal,” the Internal Security Forces said in a released statement.

Riot erupted on midnight Friday at the Roumieh Prison after several inmates protested the newly adopted security procedures in the facility, the Internal Security Forces announced in a statement on Saturday afternoon.

"Several inmates at the convicts building in Roumieh rioted overnight, setting belongings on fire and breaking down doors,” the statement detailed.

The Higher Islamic Council on Saturday urged lawmakers and political parties to meet and elect a new president within the constitutional timeframe, stressing that the polls must remain “Lebanese.”

"We discussed with great concern the inability of the parliament to reach an accord on the election of a new president, especially because this is a matter that has a huge role in promoting stability and security in Lebanon,” the HIC said in a released statement after a meeting chaired by its deputy chief Omar Misqawi.

Two rockets launched from the Eastern Mountain Range landed on Saturday in the outskirts of the Baalbek town of Britel without causing any injuries, the state-run National News Agency reported.

“Two rockets from the Eastern Lebanon Mountain Range landed in Britel, but no injuries were reported,” said NNA.

The army said Saturday that it arrested a man in the northern district of Akkar after finding thousands of light arm bullets in his vehicle.

“An army unit seized around 6,600 bullets for light weapons from the Toyota van of Rabih Abdul Karim Younes in Hnaider in Akkar,” the military said in a terse communique.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi informed Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil that the election of a president by May 25 would be guaranteed by the attendance of all lawmakers to the parliamentary session.

Al-Rahi and Bassil discussed the presidential elections during talks at the seat of the Maronite church on Friday, Bkirki spokesman Walid Ghayyad told al-Joumhouria daily.

Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi confirmed on Saturday that his commitment to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's request in the case of Al-Jadeed TV's Karma al-Khayat and al-Akhbar daily's Ibrahim al-Amin was not discussed at the cabinet session, stressing that he has no choice but to implement the law.

The Minister told al-Liwaa daily that his commitment to the STL's request was not “discussed during Friday's cabinet session nor was it brought up by any of the ministers.”