Israeli troops opened fire on Sunday at a shepherd as he was herding his cattle in the South, reported the National News Agency.

It said that the soldiers fired five shots at Hussam Akasha in the Jabal Sadana heights, but they missed him.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi condemned on Sunday the ongoing vacuum in the presidency, describing it as a “great shame”.

He urged during his Sunday sermon Speaker Nabih Berri to “hold daily parliamentary sessions to stage the presidential elections in order to end the vacuum in the presidency.”

Syrian jets fired shells at the eastern Bekaa region of Arsal on Sunday, reported the National News Agency.

It said that they targeted Syrian gunmen in Wadi al-Khail in Arsal.

General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim believes that Lebanon will be eventually be forced to establish camps for the Syrian refugees in the country, reported An Nahar daily.

Political sources revealed that the Lebanon will “inevitably” be made to take such a decision, despite the opposition of Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil and other political powers.

An earthquake rattled the region northeast of the southern city of Sidon late on Saturday, reported LBCI television.

The 4.1-magnitude quake was also felt in Beirut and nearby areas.

The Syndicate Coordination Committee vowed on Saturday to continue boycotting the correction of the official exams until the adoption of the contentious new wage scale.

"We will continue boycotting the correction of exams until the new wage scale gets adopted and all sectors secure their employment rights without any exception,” the SCC said after a meeting.

Palestinian factions in Lebanon agreed on Saturday to start the deployment of Palestinian security forces in the southern Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp as of Tuesday afternoon.

The decision was announced after an expanded meeting held at the headquarters of the Palestinian National Security Forces in the camp, with the participation of representatives of all Islamic and Palestinian factions in Lebanon.

Two Syrian nationals were robbed at gunpoint on Saturday in Baalbek's town of Douris, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Three armed men in a white Mercedes, robbed Hussein Ahmed al-Wahsh and his brother Yassine, thieving 300,000 Lebanese pounds in addition to their identity cards, NNA said.

Security forces are carrying out raids away from media spotlight in several areas across the country in search for suspects, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Saturday.

The newspaper reported that raids are ongoing in an attempt to fortify “preventive” security in Lebanon and avert any possible threats.

Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas denied on Saturday any rift with Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, stressing that the cabinet had agreed to establish camps for Syrian refugees outside Lebanese territories or in buffer zones along the border with Syria.

Derbas ruled out in remarks published in local newspapers the differences with Bassil over the appropriate ways to resolve the crisis.