The interior ministry launched an “application” on its website that allows Lebanese voters locate the polling stations specified for each, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

At the inaugural session of the Brussels II Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region Wednesday, Prime Minister Saad Hariri pointed out that the situation in Lebanon is worsening as it hosts around 1.5 displaced Syrians, saying the country has turned into a big camp for refugees.

Preparations for Lebanese emigrants voting from abroad are underway as President Michel Aoun is set to deliver a statement Wednesday evening urging Lebanese expats for massive participation in the country’s general elections, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

President Michel Aoun has asked the Parliament to reevaluate a state budget article which stipulates granting residence permits to every Arab or foreign who buys a housing unit in Lebanon, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

A Hizbullah member was killed on Tuesday in a blast inside his home in the Sidon neighborhood of Haret Saida.

The Internal Security Forces announced in a statement on Tuesday the arrest of an Islamic State group militant in the northern town of Zgharta, who admitted to having infiltrated Lebanon early in April.

The ISF statement said: “As part of a preventive security strategy adopted by the ISF Intelligence Division in order to focus on the infiltration of cadres and militants from terrorist organizations from Syria to Lebanon, the division was able to identify and arrest an IS military and field officer, shortly after he entered Lebanon."

Prime Minister Saad Hariri will travel Tuesday for a two-day conference in Brussels on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, and to rally support for countries hosting Syrian refugees, An Nahar daily reported.

The Electoral Supervisory Committee acknowledged on Monday that the powers entrusted to it do not include powers over candidates from the political class.

Parliament hopefuls, political parties and state figures running in the country’s upcoming general elections have “rallied capabilities and means” for their electoral campaigns, amid complaints some are reportedly “exploiting” the government's resources and “harnessing” some of the security and administrative services, al-Joumhouria daily reported Monday.

Lebanese ambassador to France, Rami Adwan, has reportedly “met with French Socialist Party member, Boris Fallu,” asking him to “launch a campaign against the Western strikes on Syria,” in which France participated, An Nahar daily reported on Monday.