Prime Minister Tammam Salam on Saturday announced that remarks coming from “any political party” regarding Bahrain or any other country do not reflect the official stances of the Lebanese government even if the party is a part of it, as Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi urged the government to apologize.

Salam said in a statement that he is “keen on the brotherly relations between Lebanon and the Kingdom of Bahrain,” stressing that “remarks coming from any political party regarding Bahrain do not reflect the official Lebanese government stances.”

Grand Mutfi Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan on Saturday hoped points of views will be reconciled between al-Mustaqbal movement and Hizbullah during their ongoing dialogue, noting that he is pinning major hopes on the talks.

"We are following up on the details of the dialogue and its course," said Daryan at the Rafik Hariri International Airport before departing to Doha on an official visit.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement and Hizbullah announced about “clear progress” in the dialogue between them, and that it may lead to “results that help consolidate the nation stability.”

After the third dialogue session which took place on Friday in Ain al-Tineh the two parties discussed “ last week's political and security situation and the positive effect of the dialogue on it.”

Arab foreign ministers on Thursday discussed a draft resolution proposed by Manama to condemn perceived “interference” by Hizbullah in the domestic affairs of Bahrain.

An Arab diplomat told Egypt's MENA news agency that the closed-door talks followed the opening session of the Arab FMs' extraordinary meeting that got underway Thursday in Cairo.

Hizbullah on Wednesday condemned as a “dangerous insult” the publication of new Prophet Mohammed cartoons by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that was attacked by jihadists last week, describing the move as a “major provocation against the sentiments of more than 1.5 billion Muslims.”

In a statement, the party said the cartoons carried “an insult to the Prophet Mohammed, Islam, religions and the sanctities of humanity in general.”

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc announced Tuesday that there are “positivities” in the dialogue that got underway with the Lebanese Forces, hailing the security operation that put an end to the so-called “terrorist operations room” at the Roumieh prison.

“The bloc encourages dialogue between Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal (movement) and the other dialogue between the bloc and the Lebanese Forces,” the bloc said in a statement issued after its weekly meeting and recited by former minister Salim Jreissati.

Deputy head of Hizbullah's Executive Council Sheikh Nabil Qaouq praised on Tuesday the security forces' success in dismantling what he called the “takfiri emirate” in Roumieh prison, stressing that the takfiris failed to reach their objectives from the Jabal Mohsen blasts.

"The security operation that took place yesterday in Roumieh prison to dismantle the 'takfiri emirate' is a victory for the whole nation and a heavy blow for the takfiri terrorist hotspots,” Qaouq said during an educational ceremony at al-Mahdi school in Tyre.

The Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front on Sunday threatened the residents of Jabal Mohsen and Hizbullah with new attacks, a day after it claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing that killed nine and wounded more than 37 others in the Tripoli neighborhood.

“We will spare no effort to strike you in your heartlands and you will pay the price of your continuous crimes against the Sunni community and your attacks against their holy sites in the land of Sham (Syria and Lebanon),” the Front said in a statement published on the Twitter account of its Qalamun branch, addressing its threat to Lebanon's Alawites, Hizbullah and “their allies.”

Bahrain has summoned the Lebanese embassy's charge d'affaires to demand a “clear condemnation” of recent remarks about the Gulf kingdom by Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

“The foreign ministry has summoned Mr. Ibrahim Elias Assaf, the Lebanese republic's charge d'affaires in the kingdom, following the latest hostile remarks by Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of the terrorist Hizbullah,” said a statement carried by Bahrain's news agency BNA.

Intelligence suggests that Syrian President Bashar Assad is building a secret underground plant with the aim of developing nuclear weapons, Germany's Spiegel news magazine said Friday.

Citing information made available by unidentified intelligence sources, Spiegel said the plant was in an inaccessible mountain region in the west of the war-ravaged country, two kilometers from the Lebanese border.