The Parliament renewed on Tuesday the mandates of the parliamentary committees, the heads and the secretaries, the National News Agency reported.

Lawmakers re-elected in a ten-minute session the parliamentary committees, their presidents, and members of the rapporteurs, NNA said.

Lebanese Forces MP Antoine Zahra clarified that the party's ties with the Free Patriotic Movement are going in a “reasonable” way, adding that differentiation must be made between “President Michel Aoun and his political faction.”

“Relations between the LF and FPM are going in a reasonable framework. The LF positions are adopted according to each file where the approach is based on the political and national plan,” said Zahra, noting that "there is a radical disagreement with the FPM and other parties on the issue of communication with the Syrian regime to resolve the file of displaced persons.”

Three people were shot and killed and three others were wounded in the Beirut neighborhood of Zqaq al-Blat when a young man first opened fire killing his father and later killing another two, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

The 14-year suspect who was identified as Ali Mohammed Younis shot his dad, Mohammed, using a hunting rifle at 6:15 killing him instantly, NNA said.

President Michel's Aoun is determined to achieve results as for the return of displaced Syrians and his efforts will not stop at appealing to the international community for help to organize their return, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri met Monday in Rome with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the talks focused on military and economic support for Lebanon.

“The meeting tackled the ongoing preparations for the Rome II Conference to support the Lebanese army and security forces, and the Paris Conference to support the Lebanese economy as well as Lebanon's request to lift Italian restrictions on Lebanese agricultural and industrial products,” Hariri's office said in a statement.

President Michel Aoun held talks Monday in Baabda with the envoys of France, China, Russia, the UK, the U.S., the EU, the Arab League and the U.N. and the meeting focused on the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on Lebanon.

Aoun, who called the meeting, stressed that the “return of the displaced to stable and safe areas in Syria must be done without linking the matter to a political solution in Syria.”

As Lebanon's parliamentary elections loom closer, Speaker Nabih Berri stressed that staging the polls has become an “inevitable reality” and that they will be staged “on time,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

“Parliamentary elections have become a reality and staging them on time is inevitable,” Berri was quoted by the daily as telling his visitors on Sunday.

Saudi State Minister for Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan said that Saudi Arabia will “cut off the hands” of anyone who tries to harm it, in an indirect reference to Hizbullah’s practices.

"Certainly, the Kingdom supports all counter-terrorism policies, its source and arms. Countries of the region must unite in the face of killing of people and the destruction of civil peace," said al-Sabhan in a late Friday tweet.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Friday evening with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai at the Maronite Pontifical Institute in Rome, Hariri's media office said.

President Michel Aoun confirmed on Tuesday during a meeting with a delegation of the General Labor Union that the recent “economic achievements will complete reform and the fight against corruption,” the National News Agency reported.

“The achievements at the economic level so far will be complemented with reform, combating corruption, and restoration of balance to the country's production sectors,” NNA quoted Aoun as saying.