Major General Darsie Rogers, Commander for Special Operations Command-Central Command will be visiting Lebanon September 21-23 to observe U.S. forces partnering with Lebanese Armed Forces and to meet with Lebanese military leaders, the U.S. Embassy said on Wednesday.

Unknown assailants opened gunfire at two men in the Bekaa town of Majdal Anjar at dawn, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

The victims, R.N. and M.A.H. were driving through the town in a Hyundai when they went under fire by unknown assailants, NNA said.

Resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi said that the adamant stance of al-Mustaqbal Movement to support Marada chief MP Suleiman Franjieh for the presidency is “correcting a mistake by doing another mistake,” the state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

“MP Franjieh and General Michel Aoun are equal in their commitment to Hizbullah's project that is threatening the state and institutions. If any of them was elected, they would secure a cover for the role played by Hizbullah as a tool for Iran in Lebanon and the region. Electing any of them will not be settlement but a surrender,” said Rifi.

Lebanese Forces deputy chief MP George Adwan stated that the party will be compelled to escalate measures shall one of its two plans that include the election of MP Michel Aoun as president or stipulating a new parliamentary election law, fail to be achieved, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

The LF believes that avoiding escalation can be achieved through two approaches: the election of founder of the Free Patriotic Movement Aoun as head of state, or stipulating a new law for the parliamentary elections. The LF is operating based on a drawn plan to achieve these two goals through its relations with allies and the basic political parties, said the daily.

Lebanon's economic and financial sectors are currently preoccupied with the possible imminent risks of blacklisting Lebanon at the end of the month amongst countries considered as tax havens in the world, based on the recommendation of G-20 Finance ministers, at the sidelines of the Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in the United States, as well as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the National News Agency reported.

Lebanon's security forces informed the Free Patriotic Movement and parties planning for streets rallies later this month that tampering with the country's stability is “impermissible,” al-Liwaa daily reported on Wednesday.

Security Forces told the FPM and the parties concerned, that tampering with the street is not allowed whether through blocking the roads, or constraining the free movement of citizens or attacking the ministries and public departments, according to the daily.

Public transportation drivers blocked different roads around Lebanon on Wednesday some leading to the entrances of the capital Beirut protesting the government's failure to meet their long-time demands and a decision to privatize the Mechanical Inspection Authority.

The drivers began their moves in the early hours and blocked the Tripoli-Beirut highway in the north at the Qalamoun area, the seaside road and the Zahle-Ferzol highway.

Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal Movement stressed during their 34th dialogue session on Tuesday the need for “communication” among the various political parties.

An armed clash broke out Tuesday evening between a number of Lebanese and Syrian nationals in Dawhat Aramoun, an area that lies around 22 kilometers south of Beirut, state-run National News Agency reported.

French President Francois Hollande told Prime Minister Tammam Salam during a New York meeting on Tuesday that Paris will maintain its contacts with all parties to press for the election of a president in Lebanon, media reports said.