The following are a selection of stories from Lebanese newspapers that may be of interest to Daily Star readers. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports. An-Nahar Amal, Hezbollah call for self-restraint in Nabatieh Speaker Nabih Berri’s Amal Movement and Hezbollah urged party commanders in Nabatieh to exercise self-restraint in dealing with the Syrian refugees in Lebanon following tensions caused by the beheading of a second captive Lebanese soldier at the hands of ISIS. The request for self-control came in the wake of calls by “reckless” individuals demanding all Syrian refugees in the Nabatieh area be deported. The WhatsApp messaging service was used to circulate an appeal for locals to gather in villages and towns across the governorate to expel the Syrian refugees. As-Safir Will authorities isolate Arsal from its outskirts? Well-informed sources told As-Safir that among the powerful cards being considered by the government if the beheading of kidnapped soldiers continued was to totally isolate Arsal from its outskirts, cut off supplies to the militants and implement death sentences issued against Fatah al-Islam inmates. Al-Joumhouria Rifi: Islamist inmates’ trials intensified The trials of Islamist inmates held at Roumieh Prison have intensified as the Judicial Council sought to prosecute Fatah al-Islam terrorists, Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi told Al-Joumhouria. “This had been my wish since I assumed my ministerial duties." Rifi described as “imprecise” recent calls to speed up the trials amid pressures in the wake of the kidnapping of soldiers and policemen by jihadists from ISIS and the Nusra Front. “Speeding up trials is only normal, humane and patriotic, nothing else," he said. Ad-Diyar ISIS, Nusra demand release of 60 Islamist inmates Ad-Diyar has learned that negotiations to release the captive servicemen did not yield any results. Qatari mediators have conveyed to the Lebanese government the demands that ISIS and the Nusra Front have put forth, which include the release of 60 Islamist inmates from Roumieh Prison (no names were given), Hezbollah’s withdrawal from Syria, that Syrian refugees not be harmed and a safe passage between Arsal and its outskirts in addition to securing shelter for them during the winter.
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