Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat described Syrian President Bashar Assad as a “megalomaniac,” calling for the arming of the Syrian opposition.

Jumblat told the French newspaper Le Monde that his last meeting with Assad was “surreal.”

Rear Admiral Luiz Henrique Caroli handed over on Saturday the command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Maritime Task Force to Rear Admiral Wagner Lopes de Moraes Zamith aboard the Brazilian Flagship Frigate “UNIĂO.”

“The Lebanese Navy has demonstrated, time and again, its professionalism and outstanding commitment towards securing Lebanese waters,” UNIFIL Commander Maj.-Gen. Paolo Serra said.

Ten injured Syrian nationals were transferred to hospitals in Tripoli after crossing from Homs into Lebanon through al-Qaa border town, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

The Lebanese Red Cross helped transporting the injured civilians to the hospitals.

President Michel Suleiman criticized on Saturday time wasted over disputes among political leaders, which he said is hindering the proper functioning of the state.

He said: “The political mentality which is based on sectarian distribution of power is impeding the rise of the state.”

Syrian national, Abdul Hamid al-Amin, succeeded in stealing LL15 million from his Lebanese friend, George Elias Farha, reported the National News Agency on Saturday.

It said that Amin and Farha were headed to meet a third person when the latter forgot his mobile phone in his car.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recently presented to the Lebanese government the names of three possible replacements for outgoing Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Daniel Bellemare, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

A western diplomatic source revealed that Ban had sent a letter to the government with two or three replacements.

Cabinet is expected to resume its sessions on Monday ahead of President Michel Suleiman’s official visit to Romania, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

It said that the session will be held at the Baabda Palace and it will not tackle any contentious issues, such as the appointments of top civil servants.

Speaker Nabih Berri called for a session for the heads of the parliamentary committees on Monday amid efforts to resolve a dispute over the spending of funds during the governments of former Prime Ministers Fouad Saniora and Saad Hariri, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

Informed parliamentary sources told the daily that the speaker is seeking the formation of a parliamentary-ministerial committee that can tackle the dispute and conduct contacts with the various blocs to reach a solution.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun announced on Friday that newly-appointed Labor Minister Salim Jreissati had become the newest members of the Change and Reform bloc, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

Jreissati meanwhile said that a mission to achieve change and reform “can be achieved without creating disputes.”

Three Lebanese were sentenced to death by the Military Court on Friday for spying for Israel, a judicial source said.

The tribunal "condemned to death Moussa Ali Moussa, who was found guilty of having contacted the Israeli enemy and passing on information," the source said.