Assailants tossed Saturday morning a hand grenade near a Palestinian National Security Forces checkpoint in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, the National News Agency reported.

NNA said, an unidentified suspect threw a bomb near the PNS forces checkpoint in Darb al-Sim at the southern end of camp.

As U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to head to Saudi Arabia on Friday, Washington and Riyadh issued their first "joint terrorist designation" -- blacklisting a Hizbullah leader.

Information Minister Melhem Riachi assured that coordination continues between the Lebanese Forces and the Free Patriotic Movement to find common ground on a new electoral law, pointing out that elections will probably be held under a proportional representation system with as many as ten electoral districts.

President Michel Aoun may sign a decree at the end of the parliament's term giving the green light to start preparations for Lebanon's parliamentary polls, al-Akhbar daily reported on Saturday.

Reports circulating said that Aoun might sign the decree on June 18, one day before the parliament's term officially ends, signaling the launch of preparations for the parliamentary polls, the daily said.

President of the INTERPOL Foundation for a Safer World Elias Murr, met on Friday with senior INTERPOL officials in Paris, where talks focused on the organization's future programs and plans to face the dangers of terrorism, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

Murr, a former deputy Prime Minister and ex-Minister, met in Lyon with Secretary-General of the International Criminal Police Organization, Jürgen Stock. Discussions focused on the future steps to follow up on security programs and strengthen efforts to combat terrorism and organized crime, said the daily.

Detained Islamist cleric Khaled Hoblos announced Friday that inmates in Lebanese prisons have decided to suspend their hunger strike until after the holy month of Ramadan.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq reassured Friday that the parliamentary elections will be held “before the end of the year.”

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Friday presided over a ministerial meeting aimed at addressing the pollution that is affecting the Litani River, stressing that this topic is among his priorities.

The army arrested a suspect on the northern Arsal-Labweh highway over charges of smuggling materials used in the manufacturing of narcotics, the Lebanese Army Orientation Directorate said in a statement on Friday.

After thorough follow-up, army intelligence units detained Mohammed Hussein Rayid on the Labweh-Arsal highway, said the statement.

MP Qassem Hashem stressed on Friday that efforts to ease obstacles preventing an agreement on a new voting system are ongoing, stressing that Lebanon's current 1960 electoral law was still in effect "whether we like it or not".