EghtesadOnline: Iran is still ready to go on with its decision to arm the Lebanese Army but it stays with Beirut to take the final decision in this regard, says the head the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.

EghtesadOnline: The Lebanese army launched an offensive on Saturday against an Islamic State enclave on the northeast border with Syria as the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah announced an assault on the militants from the Syrian side of the frontier.

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Lebanese Army and resistance victory in Arsal city could be a lesson for the Islamic world.