Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces General Jean Qahwaji met with British Ambassador to Lebanon Hugo Shorter and United States Chargé d’Affaires Danny Hall and talks focused on the Land Border Security Project, a news release said Monday.

The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss the on-going UK and U.S. support for the Lebanese army and the border project, including the construction, training, and equipment being provided in order to reach the goal of securing the entirety of the Lebanon-Syria border.

Saudi State Minister for Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan denied reports claiming that President Michel Aoun is leading negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the pan-Arab al-Hayat daily reported.

“I do not think there is a mediation carried out by the Lebanese President Michel Aoun,” al-Sabhan told the daily.

Iraq's Vice President Ayad Allawi stressed that “Iraq can play a supportive and active role at the regional level, especially in Lebanon and Syria, after terminating the Islamic State militarily and changing the political environment which nurtures it,” the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

Allawi's words came after a visit to outgoing Interior Minister Nouhad Mashnouq at his office in the ministry where they held a lengthy meeting with discussions reportedly featuring high on the Lebanese and Iraqi situations as well as the regional developments.

Residents of the al-Sfira town in North Lebanon blocked the major road to the village protesting a decision to establish a landfill in the area, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

The locals blocked the road with burning tires and protested the municipality's performance and a decision to establish a waste sorting plant in al-Sawmaa in the outskirts of the Dinnieh district.

Speaker Nabih Berri picked at the Lebanese banks and what he described as “cheap donations” allocated to buy weapons and assist the Lebanese army, al-Akhbar daily reported on Saturday.

“This is unacceptable. A single investor can alone pay an amount of ten million dollars. This is incomparable to the sacrifices and responsibilities that the army shoulders,” furious Berri told his visitors.

A Syrian man was found stabbed to death in the area of Bar Elias in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa valley, the state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.

The victim, Abdullah Mohammed al-Nazzal, sustained knife wounds in his abdomen and back after a personal dispute erupted with unknown parties in the al-Tilyani camp, NNA added.

The meeting of Saudi Charge d'affairs Walid al-Bukhari with caretaker Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Friday signaled an improvement in relations between Lebanon and the Gulf States after an earlier deterioration in ties, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

Discussions between the two men focused on the latest developments in Lebanon and the region, reports had said.

The first visit that the newly elected President Michel Aoun will make is to Saudi Arabia where he plans to push for the reactivation of the Saudi grant to arm the Lebanese army after it was halted early this year, As Safir daily reported on Saturday.

Preparations for the visit are ongoing, and the exact date will be set after the formation of the cabinet and after the cabinet wins a vote of confidence, added the daily.

Leader of the Democratic Gathering parliamentary bloc criticized Friday the parties trying to hamper the formation of the government under PM-designate Saad Hariri.

“Some parasites are hampering the formation process of the government. Burt they are being dealt with,” said Jumblat via Twitter.

A man killed his two young sons before shooting himself to death in the northern border town of Mashta Hassan in Akkar, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

The perpetrator Youssef Saado, shot dead his son Mohammed, 7, and Ali, 5, before pointing the hunting rifle at himself and shooting, NNA said.