Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Monday. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.

An-Nahar

Ain al-Hilweh carries on south Litani messages

Berri: Christian concerns require integrated solution

Maronite leaders initially agreed Friday on a new election law adopted by the Orthodox Gathering [that would allow each sect to choose its own representatives during the 2013 parliamentary elections]. The agreement has become a hot issue as it triggered contradictory political responses.

However, the deteriorating security situation in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh has moved this issue to the forefront of concerns.

Armed clashes, bomb attacks and assassination attempts over the past two weeks have raised wide-ranging concerns of a pre-planned scheme to escalate the security situation and help it spill over outside the camp.

Sources in south Lebanon told An-Nahar that security services have been placed on alert and were asked to carefully monitor the situation inside Ain al-Hilweh amid reports that tension has reached its peak between the mainstream Fatah organization and Muslim fundamentalist groups.

Meanwhile, Speaker Nabih Berri responded to the statement issued after the Bkirki meeting, saying that the agreement by Maronite leaders came in light of a certain political climate prevailing both in Lebanon and the Middle East as well as accumulated concerns and discouraging parliamentary experiences.

Berri told visitors over the weekend that there is a real problem in the country which requires an integrated solution.

As-Safir

Ain al-Hilweh on brink of a volcano

Four issues are focal points this week: the first is related to "tampering with security" in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp, the second is related to the pay hike amendment which once again is back on Cabinet’s agenda after the Shura Council introduced recommendations. The third topic focuses on the relationship between the two "generals" Michel Sleiman and Michel Aoun and its impact on government issues yet to be settled, while the fourth issue deals with the escalated bickering over an agreement reached in Bkirki on a new parliamentary election law adopted by the Orthodox Gathering.

At the security level, Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp is on the brink of a volcano amid “suspicious” assassinations and assassination attempts that led to heightened tensions in the shantytown, accompanied by heavy armed deployment as well as clashes between Fatah and Jund al-Sham.

The situation has raised fears of a massive escalation similar to that of Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in north Lebanon, which made a number of families flee toward Sidon.

Sources in Ain al-Hilweh described as “very serious” the situation in the camp.

Al-Liwaa

Sleiman-Aoun meeting failed to resolve dispute, Nahhas holds on to pay hike proposal

Beirut MPs reiterate call for weapons-free city

The worrying security situation is back to the forefront in light of renewed clashes in Ain al-Hilweh, Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, particularly since it was not isolated from a roadside bomb attack that targeted UNIFIL or the firing of rockets from south Lebanon.

It is as if someone wants to deliver specific messages to specific sides to serve interests of regional nations via Lebanon.

Meanwhile, Beirut lawmakers called for a meeting at midday Monday in Parliament to discuss the chaotic security situation in the capital and press for a weapons-free city.

Ad-Diyar

Did the Ain al-Hilweh [conflict] have a regional dimension?

Who stands behind the dangerous security situation in Ain al-Hilweh? What are the goals? Will the camp, which is "the capital of the Palestinian diaspora," be a duplicate of Nahr al-Bared? Is there a plan to lure the camp into bloody fighting in a scenario similar to what happened in Nahr al-Bared?

These questions were addressed Sunday following a fifth day of the cycle of blood which left two people killed and more than 15 wounded in a hidden war between Fatah, which represents the strongest military weight in the camp, and the remnants of extremist groups such as Fatah al-Islam and Jund al-Sham.