The following are a selection of stories from Lebanese newspapers that may be of interest to Daily Star readers. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.
An-Nahar
Negotiations kicked off, things are heating up along Arsal and Labweh
An-Nahar obtained information indicating that the Qatari mediator reached an agreement with the parties to negotiate separately with Nusra Front and ISIS and to begin negotiations first on the basis of retrieving the bodies of martyred soldiers, second on releasing the hostages, and the possibility of a safe passage, which is a demand by the captors.
On the field, however, clashes erupted between the Army and gunmen on the outskirts of Arsal and later extended into the outskirts of Labweh.
The ministerial committee tasked with following up on the Syrian refugee crisis convened Friday and decided, among other things, to task Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk to do whatever he sees appropriate to address the refugee crisis in Arsal so that the town is no longer at the mercy of refugee gatherings. The decision came after Machnouk spoke about the situation of refugees in Arsal
Al-Mustaqbal
Relatives of captives receive reassurances from Ibrahim ... Crisis committee to convene today
Ministerial sources said that the ministerial committee tasked with following up on the refugee crisis drafted a document titled "The Government’s Guide in the Refugee Dossier," which will be discussed in Cabinet's upcoming session.
The document stipulates that the government must put a stop to the refugee influx and inform the UNHCR that it could no longer register any more refugees. It also asks Arab and European countries to help Lebanon address this crisis by hosting some of the refugees and ask Arab and European countries to contribute more to this crisis.
Al-Mustaqbal has learned that the social affairs minister would begin Saturday an Arab tour to discuss the refugee crisis with Arab officials. The tour will include Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
Al-Akhbar
Extension is on its way: Berri
Extending Parliament’s mandate is going to happen, according to Speaker Nabih Berri, especially after former Prime Minister Saad Hariri refused to take part in the election amid a presidential paralysis.
With no end in sight to the presidential paralysis, extending the mandate seems the only possible compromise in the long run. Berri says: "The current Parliament has a historic responsibility to prevent the country from collapsing amid such dire circumstances."
"I worry of the insistence of terrorists on the outskirts of Arsal to achieve something in the eastern mountain range or in Tripoli but that does not mean that they can if Lebanese remain united."
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