Political circles are looking forward to see what will Speaker Nabih Berri state during a ceremony that will mark the 38th disappearance of Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his two companions, as expectations rise that his address will have an echo at the political situation prevailing in Lebanon, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

Berri will deliver his speech at a ceremony hosted by the AMAL movement in the southern city of Tyre on the occasion. The Speaker is expected to deliver several regional and local positions that observers believe will have a significant impact.

Minor skirmishes erupted at dawn on Tuesday in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, but no casualties weer reported, the National News Agency reported.

An unknown assailant randomly opened gunfire inside the vegetable market which led to material damages to cars and stores, NNA said.

Concerns on Lebanon's inability to join the international financial laws that ensure its survival in the global financial system will surface again by the beginning of September when the due signing date of the Global Account Tax Compliance Act GATCA agreement looms in light of an existing government crisis, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.

Despite the negative atmospheres that ruled the last dialogue between al-Mustaqbal Movement chief ex-PM Saad Hariri and founder of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun and the rumors that it has reached a dead end, unnamed sources said they sensed some kind of mutual flexibility between the Center House and Rabieh, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.

Speaker Nabih Berri stressed on Monday that he has no initiative other than the one he launched in June as he urged the political forces to shoulder their responsibility and help Lebanon overcome the political impasse it is witnessing, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

“Am I an initiative prolific to launch a new initiative each day...I already suggested what I have and the political forces must shoulder the responsibility,” stated Berri answering a question on whether he will launch a new suggestion in a speech he will deliver on August 31 marking the anniversary of the disappearance of Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his two companions.

A plan to collect the trash that has been accumulating on the streets in the northern districts of Metn and Keserewan lately will be put into implementation either today or on Tuesday, An Nahar daily reported on Monday.

The trash management plan, which saw a setback after protesters closed a location in the area of Bourj Hammoud used to store the waste, will resume and the trash will be collected in relatively remote areas, added the daily.

Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil said that Lebanon’s state budget, which he referred a day earlier to the cabinet, will be approved by the government if the intentions of political factions were truthful, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

The trash management file has returned back to the spotlight after a deal to transport garbage from the streets of Metn, Keserwan and parts of the capital Beirut went to a halt due to the closure of the Bourj Hammoud storage location.

Trash is accumulating once again on the streets of Metn, Keserwan and a small section of Beirut that are included in the trash deal to transport garbage to a temporary site in Bourj Hammoud, said al-Akhbar daily on Saturday.

The Army intelligence arrested an Islamic State group firebrand suspected of leading smuggling operations, LBCI reported on Friday.

The Army Intelligence arrested on Friday two Syrian men accused of preparing explosive bombs in the northern district of al-Koura, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The two men, whose names were not identified, planned to carry out the bombing on the outskirts of Deddeh in Koura.