The practices of some army intelligence officers “clearly resemble those performed in the past by Syrian intelligence agents, especially in the North, and we have already clarified this point to the army commander,” MP Ahmed Fatfat said Sunday, following a meeting in Tripoli for a number of Mustaqbal bloc MPs.

The meeting which was held in “solidarity” with bloc MP Khaled a-Daher was attended by MPs Ahmed Fatfat, Mohammed Kabbara, Moein al-Meraabi and Kazem al-Kheir -- who all hail from North Lebanon.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Sunday the need to resolve the crisis over the electricity file, saying that electricity must be provided to the people through the required principles and with complete transparency.

He added: “I am confident that all sides are keen on maintaining the government and allowing electricity to be provided.”

Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Rokn Abadi stressed that the Islamic republic enjoys good ties with all Lebanese factions, including the Mustaqbal movement.

He told Ad Diyar daily in remarks published on Sunday: “Some positions and statements don’t serve the historic ties between Lebanon and Iran, which we should bolster in all fields.”

President Michel Suleiman on Sunday visited Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat at the Mukhtara palace, following talks on Saturday between the two men at the Beiteddine Palace.

Talks in Mukhtara tackled the latest political developments in Lebanon and the region, state-run National News Agency reported.

Contacts are being held away from the media spotlight in an attempt to ease the government tensions over the electricity file, reported the Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper on Sunday.

Political sources warned that the dispute over the file may be the beginning of division among the March 8 camp-led government.

Economy Minister Nicolas Nahhas is conducting behind the scenes contacts with various officials in order to prepare the suitable conditions to hold the cabinet session on September 7, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday.

Nahhas, representing Premier Najib Miqati, has so far held talks with President Michel Suleiman and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea slammed on Saturday Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, saying he can’t impose his policy and ideology pertaining to the situation in Syria.

“Nasrallah can express his political and ideological opinion on Syria but he can’t impose it on the Lebanese state or any other team locally,” Geagea told the Central News Agency.

The number of suspects arrested for assaulting a deacon and another man earlier this month in the predominantly Shiite town of Lassa rose to three after two more people admitted to the crime, the National News Agency reported Saturday.

NNA said that Rouwad al-Moqdad, 30, and Fares al-Moqdad, 28, were handed over to the military police after admitting that they were behind the assault on Deacon Tony Hakim and his companion Anis Daou on Aug. 20.

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour travelled to Cairo on Saturday to attend an emergency Arab foreign ministers meeting on Syria, Libya and Yemen.

He told reporters at the Beirut airport that Lebanon “would collaborate with the Arab countries to have stability, calm and peace in the region.”

March 14 general-secretariat coordinator Fares Soaid has stressed that Hizbullah was threatening the Lebanese public opinion by warning the Lebanese who are allegedly contributing to the tension in Syria.

On Friday, Nasrallah warned in a speech of the negative fallout from the turmoil in Syria on the entire region.