President Michel Suleiman is exerting efforts to guarantee that the March 14 alliance would attend the upcoming national dialogue session at the Baabda Palace on July 24, as authorities adopted a new mechanism to provide the security agencies with the required telecom data.

According to An Nahar newspaper published on Sunday, Suleiman agreed with top security and judicial leaders and the concerned ministers in the presence of Prime Minister Najib Miqati, during a meeting at the Baabda Palace on Saturday, to provide the security agencies with the required telecom data without any obstruction.

One person was killed on Saturday in a personal dispute between two families in the Tripoli neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh, reported various media outlets.

Al-Jadeed television reported that one person was killed and five others were wounded in the clash between the Aswad and Lisa families.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri slammed on Saturday the failure to deliver the telecommunications data to the investigations into the assassination attempts against March 14 leaders.

He said via Twitter: “This is simply unacceptable and requires that Lebanese authorities at the highest level take a stand on this critical national issue.”

An Islamic summit held at Dar al-Fatwa on Saturday stressed the importance of keeping Lebanon away from regional disputes.

It said in a statement: “Muslim unity must reject strife and maintain the role of the army in preserving national unity.”

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi received on Saturday a cable from French President Francois Hollande thanking him for congratulating him on his election as president and highlighting the depth of France’s ties with the Maronite church.

He added: “France will always stand by Lebanon against all challenges in a region that is witnesses several changes.”

President Michel Suleiman stated on Saturday that the national dialogue acts as the “political and security umbrella” in Lebanon given the current situation in the country.

He therefore urged “political powers, especially those participating at the national dialogue, to place national interests above all else and work in a manner that would help preserve security away from the developments in the region.”

One person was killed on Saturday and several others wounded in a fire that broke out in a factory in the region of Aley, reported Voice of Lebanon radio.

It said that Sudanese national, Seifeddine Seif al-Safi, was killed in the blaze that was caused by a gas canister explosion on Saturday morning.

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The Syndicate Coordination Committee will escalate its action next week through sit-ins in front of ministries on Tuesday and another greater demonstration on Wednesday, reported As Safir newspaper on Saturday.

It said that the committee decided to hold a strike on Tuesday at all ministries and public administrations in Beirut and various other regions, in addition to the sit-ins at the ministries.

The fate of Tuesday’s national dialogue session remains unknown in light of the March 14 camp’s decision to boycott the talks.

Despite the boycott, President Michel Suleiman is attempting to “obtain positive positions” on resuming the all-party talks, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.