Unknown assailants opened fire in the northern city Tripoli at a Lebanese army Intelligence Adjutant without injuring him, the state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Adjutant A.M. was subject to gunfire in the area of al-Qobbeh, NNA added.

The eighth dialogue session convened at parliament on Monday after it tackled several pressing issues mainly the lingering trash crisis that saw the streets of the capital swirling with trash bags on Sunday.

Another session will be held next week on November 3.

The Syndicate Coordination Committee held a partial strike on Monday in the public institutions and schools demanding that the new wage scale be included on the agenda of the expected legislative session.

The public institutions, private, elementary and intermediate public schools closed on Monday while public high schools did not join the protest.

A suggestion to export the trash that has been piling in the country since July seems to emerge again, despite the fact that it is a complicated and expensive solution, unnamed sources following up closely on the trash crisis told the daily al-Akhbar on Monday.

There are three companies interested in taking this matter into their own hands and they have in that regard contacted the premiership and the committee of Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb, and the discussions have reached an advanced phase, the sources added.

Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb stated that the ongoing problem in tackling the garbage disposal crisis lies in some parties' “lack of seriousness” in addressing the issue, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper Monday.

He told the daily: “A final decision on the matter should be taken within two days.”

Prime Minister Tammam Salam is not ready to resign from his post and expose the country to more vacuum, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Monday.

Sources denied to the daily recent media reports that said that the premier would step down from his position on Thursday due to ongoing political disputes, most notably those on the trash disposal crisis.

Internal Security forces carried out raids on the northeastern border town of al-Qasr and were able to free a Syrian girl who was kidnapped a few days ago.

Intelligence bureau of the ISF raided the border town in Hermel and were able to free Abir al-Jaour after four days in captivity, the state-run National News Agency said on Saturday.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stressed the need not to wait for the developments in the region to find solutions for the lingering crises and to adhere to dialogue among the rival politicians in a bid to find solutions.

“We should not wait for regional developments to find solutions for our problems. We should take the ongoing dialogue seriously because there is no substitute” said Nasrallah in a televised appearance marking the end of the annual Ashura.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq stressed on Saturday that the Lebanese government will provide the necessary security safety for the Saudi and Qatari ambassadors and their embassies in light of reports alleging that they could be targeted by attacks.

“Although there are no confirmed reports that the Saudi (Ali Awadh Asiri) and Qatari ambassador (Ali al-Marri) could be targeted by attacks, we have upped the security measures and we are now in control,” said Mashnouq to the Saudi Al Watan daily.

Efforts to find a new landfill in the eastern area of Bekaa continue following the concealed threats of Prime Minister Tammam Salam that he would resign if a solution for the thorny file was not found.

“Everyone has sensed the seriousness of the PM on his will to resign if new landfill locations are not found in Bekaa,” unnamed Ministerial sources told the daily An Nahar on Saturday.