As part of a crackdown on power theft, Electricite du Liban on Thursday said a search team has inspected the house of Batroun priest Pierre Saab after observers found a tree planted at the bottom of an electricity pole with a link cable to the Division extended underground to the cleric's house.

Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi said Thursday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Lebanon during October.

A congressional delegation headed by U.S. Representative Jim Marshall of Georgia held talks on Thursday with Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Defense Minister Elias Murr on bilateral ties.

A tripartite meeting chaired by UNIFIL Force Commander Maj. Gen. Alberto Asarta was held in Naqoura on Thursday with senior Lebanese and Israeli army officials.