Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday warned against turning the issue of offshore oil exploration into a distribution of shares among the Lebanese sects.

“The issue of oil has become complicated but we won't disregard the issue. All the Lebanese are awaiting and everything related to oil and gas is being obstructed, such as the issue of cars operating on gas and green diesel,” Aoun said after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc in Rabieh.

Army Intelligence arrested on Tuesday a people-smuggling network in Lebanon, reported LBCI television.

It said that the 13-member network was arrested in southern Lebanon.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday voiced dismay that President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam have not formed a new cabinet until the moment, revealing that he is not a candidate for the presidency – “for now.”

“I don't know what President Suleiman and PM-designate Salam are waiting for (concerning the formation of the cabinet), especially recently, since the stances of all parties have become well-known,” Geagea said during an interview on MTV.

Eighteen Lebanese survivors of the Indonesia ferry sinking returned to Lebanon on Sunday.

The survivors arrived at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport where they were received by a number of officials, including a number of politicians from the northern region of Akkar where the majority of the victims hail from.

Lebanese doctor Gabriel Gharib has been chosen as the best cardiologist in France, the state-run National News Agency announced on Saturday.

“Gharib was chosen as the best cardiologist among 200,000 doctors in the country,” French magazine Capital revealed in its October 2013 issue after conducting a thorough investigation.

A woman shot to death by police outside the Capitol building after she tried to drive through barricades outside the White House held the delusional belief that the president was communicating with her, a federal law enforcement official said Friday.

The official had been briefed on the investigation but spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation.

A volley of shots rang out outside the U.S. Capitol building on Thursday, sending lawmakers and tourists scattering for cover and triggering a massive security operation.

Police said one officer was hurt in a vehicle crash during the incident. An Agence France Presse photographer saw at least one person receiving emergency medical assistance on the north side of the complex.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Wednesday said he is not against the continued deployment of Hizbullah fighters in Syria “in the absence of a political solution” to the conflict, noting that resuming national dialogue before forming a new cabinet in Lebanon would be “fruitless.”

“We have recently proposed a plan for the refugees and said that the solution does not lie in bringing donations to keep them in the country, but rather to facilitate their return home as any region in Syria is twice as big as Lebanon and they can go to certain regions, whether they are with the opposition or with the regime,” said Aoun during an interview on NBN television.

Yemeni Foreign Minister Abubaker al-Qirbi said on Wednesday that the exiled former South Yemeni president is living in Beirut under the protection of Hizbullah.

Qirbi's comments came as he was criticizing Ali Salem al-Baid in an interview in pan-Arab Al-Hayat newspaper.

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc on Tuesday called for “practical solutions” to the social, economic and security problems created by the Syrian refugee influx, urging real “neutrality” in the Syrian conflict.

“It is not enough to say that you're against the issue of Syrian displacement and that it poses dangers. It is not enough to demand funds from foreign parties. Those who want to confront it must propose practical solutions, such as our suggestion on closing the border,” said MP Ibrahim Kanaan after the bloc's weekly meeting in Rabieh.