Civil society activists from the 'We Want Accountability' campaign held a sit-in near the Central Inspection Bureau in Beirut demanding further details from the government on a deal that was signed with two firms to export Lebanon's trash.

Some of the activists tried to storm into the building shouting 'peaceful, peaceful' but the security forces did not allow them to do so.

Successive contacts are taking place between leaderships of the Lebanese Forces and the Free Patriotic Movement to arrange for a meeting between the parties' heads, which reports say are to focus on the presidential elections, An Nahar daily reported on Thursday.

The meeting between LF chief Samir Geagea and ex-chief of the FPM MP Michel Aoun is set to take place at Maarab, added the daily.

Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi stressed on Thursday that Hizbullah's rhetoric pushes for additional tension in the country and does not help in building a nation, the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat reported.

“Hizbullah's logic pushes for more hostility and does not build a country,” said Rifi in an interview with the daily.

The two firms that agreed to export Lebanon's trash are said to close the deal with the Lebanese government by the end of the current week after presenting a guarantee of $2.5 million each, al-Akhbar daily reported on Tuesday.

“The preliminary contracts with Britain’s Chinook Urban Mining International and Holland’s Howa BV to export the waste will be signed before the end of the week,” said the daily.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geaega voiced calls on all political groups to practice calm and premeditation at this critical stage because “our major goal is to preserve our country,” he said on Monday.

“All political factions should practice calm and forethought at this difficult stage in the history of the region, because in the end our first and foremost duty is to preserve Lebanon regardless of anything else,” said Geagea via twitter.

The security measures around the Saudi embassy were already there but were only intensified following the recent developments that accompanied the execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

“The security measures around the embassy were taken a long time ago, but the latest developments following the execution of Sheikh Nimr made us up these measures,” a security source told the daily on condition of anonymity.

Political efforts in Lebanon are said to focus on reactivating the government's work and restoring the parliamentary sessions to counter the repercussions of the regional conflict that arose lately between Saudi Arabia and Iran following the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

“At the current stage, the attention will focus on facing the repercussions of the regional crisis between Iran and Saudi Arabia against the backdrop of al-Nimr's execution,” a source following up closely on the developments in Lebanon told the daily.

The thorny presidential file and the stalled initiative settlement to nominate Marada chief MP Suleiman Franjieh as head of state, could become more complicated following the execution of Saudi Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, As Safir daily reported on Monday.

“The regional conflicts following the execution of Sheikh al-Nimr could reflect on the file of electing a president,” prominent sources of March 8 told the daily on condition of anonymity.

New landslides hit the outskirts of the town of Kfarnabrakh in the Chouf region and some residents were compelled to evacuate their homes, the state-run National News Agency said on Sunday.

A snowstorm accompanied by heavy rainfall hit the area leading to the collapse of major pathway that lies beneath the houses. The landslide blocked the Kfarnabrakh, Wadi al-Sitt and al-Fowara roads with soil and rocks, NNA added.

The March 14 General Secretariat reiterated the keenness to preserve Lebanon's stability and the necessity not to turn the nation to an arena to settle accounts of major events taking place around us in the region.

“Out of our keenness to preserve stability we stress the need not to turn Lebanon to a weak spot and a place to settle accounts of serious events,” the Secretariat said in a statement issued on Sunday.