Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri condemned on Sunday the murder of Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahed, demanding that an “immediate investigation be launched in the matter.”

He said in a statement: “We warn the residents of Akkar against committing any retaliatory act that would create chaos in their region as it is clear that there is a plan to target the area for Syrian interests.”

The muftis and clerics of Akkar on Sunday stressed that they will not allow any side to stir a strife between citizens and the military institution and called for a general strike across Lebanon, following the shooting death of Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahed at an army checkpoint in the Akkar town of al-Kweikhat.

“We call for a general strike tomorrow across Lebanon and for three days of mourning over the slain sheikh,” said a statement issued by Akkar’s muftis and clerics.

A half marathon is scheduled to be held in the northern city of Tripoli on Sunday under the title of rejecting war and strife, reported An Nahar daily on Sunday.

The marathon, organized by the “together Lebanon” group, was expected to be held last weekend, but the security situation in the city forced its postponement due to the clashes that broke out between the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel stated that the situation in the northern city of Tripoli is improving “day after day”, questioning the motives of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Qatar’s travel restrictions to Lebanon, reported the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat on Sunday.

He told the daily An Nahar: “The restrictions are a precautionary measure ahead of the touristic summer season.”

Speaker Nabih Berri noted that all sides in Lebanon are aware of the dangers“being imposed on the country,” saying that all powers should work together for the sake of Lebanon, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

He told the daily that former Premier Saad Hariri’s reply to his call to resume the national dialogue “is not negative.”

A Syrian was shot dead and two others wounded as they tried to cross the border from Lebanon back into their country Saturday, security and medical sources said.

The three men had left the northern Lebanese village of Muqaibleh and were trying to reach the nearby Syrian village of Msherfeh when they were shot at, the sources said.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati chaired on Saturday a security meeting with senior officials in Tripoli to follow up the latest developments in the northern port city.

The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Mohammed al-Safade, State Minister Ahmed Karami, Youth and Sports Minister Faisal Karami, MP Mohammed Kabbara, head of the Lebanese Army Intelligence bureau in the north, Brigadier Amer al-Hasan, and ISF commander in Tripoli General Bassam al-Ayoubi.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati urged on Saturday the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain to reconsider their travel warning to Lebanon.

The premier said "the procedures taken by some Gulf countries are not justified," urging "the three countries to reconsider the travel restriction advisory to Lebanon."

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun filed a lawsuit against Lebanese Forces leader MP Samir Geagea over his recent statements on the political assassinations in Lebanon since 2005.

According to a statement issued by the FPM press office, Aoun also filed a suit against the Central News Agency, Lebanese Forces’ website and al-Mustaqbal newspaper for misleading the judicial investigation and not providing it with the valuable information and for inciting a sectarian strife.

Head of the public transportation drivers unions Abdel-Amir Najdeh revealed on Saturday that Prime Minister Najib Miqati is seeking to cap the fuel prices to all citizens.

“Miqati informed Public Works and Transport Minister Ghazi al-Aridi that the cabinet will tackle the issue during its session on May 30,” Najdeh told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3).