Two Syrians were arrested on Monday evening in the city of Jbeil on suspicion of belonging to "terrorist groups."

“Members of the Jbeil police station arrested the Syrians Abbas Jasem al-Fadel, 27, and Abdullah Ahmed al-Hussein, 32, on suspicion of their belonging to terrorist groups,” state-run National News Agency reported.

Al-Mustaqbal movement leader MP Saad Hariri on Monday stressed the need to elect a “consensual” president as he reiterated his rejection of holding parliamentary polls before the presidential vote.

“The priority in the country is the election of a new president and we as political forces must make initiatives and elect a president who enjoys everyone's approval,” said Hariri after a closed-door meeting with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi at the latter's residence place in Rome.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Monday accused some political forces of seeking to “impose a president” on the country, stressing that he “will not join those who have been usurping power” since 2005.

"Our resistance confirmed our right to Lebanon's existence, and this is what happened on March 14, 2005, but unfortunately, parties that never ruled according to these values rose to power, and they moved from one hegemony to another," Aoun said in a speech marking the 24th anniversary of his ouster from the Baabda Palace following a Syrian-led offensive.

A Jordanian military court began on Monday the trial of eight suspects on charges of joining Hizbullah and trying to commit "terrorist acts" in the kingdom.

According to Jordan's Petra News Agency, the military commission at the State Security court held a session to begin the trial of eight people accused of belonging to Hizbullah.

The spokesman of the Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades on Monday urged Islamist militants in the northern city of Tripoli against “falling into the trap” of fighting the Lebanese army, asking them to instead focus their efforts on confronting Hizbullah.

“The entire army is a malleable tool in the hand of the party (Hizbullah), with which the Sunnis are being killed and arrested,” AAB spokesman Sirajeddine Zureiqat, who is a fugitive Lebanese cleric, said on Twitter.

The Kataeb Party on Monday called for supporting the army in what it described as an “existential battle” and urged the rival political parties to end their boycott of parliamentary sessions aimed at electing a new president.

In a statement issued after its politburo's weekly meeting, the party warned that the situation in the country has become “highly dangerous” in light of “the malicious attacks against the army, the attempt to open a permanent military front in the Arsal-Labweh area, and the quest to expand the presence of armed groups in the North.”

Leader of the Progressive Socialist Party Walid Jumblat on Monday dismissed the U.S.-led coalition to counter “terrorism” in Syria and Iraq as a “lie.”

"The Arab situation began to deteriorate since the 2003 calculated conspiracy to invade Iraq,” Jumblat said in his weekly editorial in the PSP's al-Anbaa electronic newspaper.

The Defense Minister was granted a 10-day ultimatum to determine the demands of the military corps regarding the new pay hike.

“As long as all the rights of the military corps were granted, then we will not demand separating the army's new wage scale from the original draft law,” Moqabel told reporters gathered at the parliament after a meeting for the joint parliamentary committees.

The Army Intelligence referred on Monday two Syrians to the concerned judiciary for their belonging to terrorist groups.

The army announced that Ahmed Atef Jinyat, a member of the Monzer al-Hasan group, was referred to the concerned judiciary for providing the organization with explosives that were going to be used in terrorist attacks.

The international community remains strongly committed to supporting the Lebanese army, U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly said Monday.

Plumbly told reporters following a visit to Prime Minister Tammam Salam at the Grand Serail that he “paid tribute to Lebanon’s security forces, particularly the army, for all the efforts and sacrifices they have made to safeguard the country in the face of grave challenges.”