Lebanon is confronting one of its toughest challenges in recent years, as Islamist militants from the war in Syria cross the border to battle the Lebanese army in the eastern border town of Arsal, threatening to rupture Lebanon's already fragile political situation.
Lebanese Parliament stressed on Sunday that putting an end to the presidential vacuum must be a " priority," according to the Speaker Nabih Berri.
The Lebanese army said on Thursday that it arrested an Arab citizen of Israel who had cut through the border's barbed wire to cross into Lebanon, a security source revealed to Xinhua.
The UN Security Council on Monday condemned the Sunday shooting on the Israeli-Lebanese border, and called for "calm and continued restraint by all parties" after the incident.
A visiting Iranian high ranking official said Monday that any form of foreign military action against Syria and the use of any chemical weapons would threaten regional and world peace.
Four rockets were launched from southern Lebanon into northern Israel on Thursday afternoon, the first time since 2011, breaking the short-lived calm in the volatile region.
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