Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Thursday that the disputes in the country are not “sectarian” but rather “purely political,” adding that he will seek compromises “for the sake of the country.”

Al-Mustaqbal Movement's political bureau has noted that there is “no place for the voices of discord” during the new political stage in the country.

Al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Ammar Houri on Thursday stressed his rejection of an electoral law fully based on the proportional representation system, noting that only a so-called hybrid law would be feasible.

As the new year begins, the new government will face an “uneasy mission” of agreeing on a new electoral law and passing a state budget, media reports said on Thursday.

State Minister for Women's Affairs Jean Oghassabian of al-Mustaqbal Movement announced Thursday that “there is a possibility to agree on a hybrid law for the upcoming parliamentary elections.”

Syrian woman Nisrine Hussein Mohammed Khalil, 26, and her one-year-old daughter Zahraa Wissam Kasseb were killed Wednesday when a blaze erupted in their home in the coastal Chouf town of Jieh, state-run National News Agency said.

Head of Hizbullah's Loyalty to Resistance bloc, MP Mohammed Raad, held talks Wednesday with a visiting delegation from Russia's senate, or Federation Council.

Army troops and intelligence agents carried out a major crackdown at dawn Wednesday in the Hermel town of al-Qasr in search of culprits involved in the assassination of Sergeant Ali al-Qaq, state-run National News Agency reported.

The General Directorate of General Security confirmed Wednesday that corpses recently discovered in the Lebanese-Syrian border region are not of Lebanese soldiers kidnapped by the extremist Islamic State group.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has dismissed claims that the new government in Lebanon is a reflection of the military victory of Syria's regime and Hizbullah in the strategic city of Aleppo.