In light of reports that the United States will disclose a citizenship plan for Palestinian refugees in Arab countries, Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil emphasized that Lebanon “will never accept the naturalization of Palestinian refugees,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

“This position is neither new nor surprising. We are accustomed to such positions taken by the United States and Israel, and I have always been aware of this the latest was in front of the Arab League two days ago,” the daily quoted Bassil.

The Prosecution at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Wednesday explained why three cellphones allegedly belong to the Accused Assad Sabra, a supposed member of Hizbullah who is accused along with three other suspects of involvement in the assassination of ex-PM Rafik Hariri.

Verifying that certain mobile phones and lines belong to each of the Accused is essential seeing as the Prosecution's argument is mainly based on telecom data evidence.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Wednesday that the Ministry of Planning is the only “sovereign” ministry in the world because it is “pivotal,” while Lebanon tends to invent and name the so-called “services-related and sovereign portfolios.”

Hizbullah party, which seems to “keep distance” from the wrangling between political parties over government seats, “supports” President Michel Aoun’s (FPM founder) adamant stance in “blocking” the Lebanese Forces from getting four ministerial seats, Kuwait's As-Siyasah newspaper said on Wednesday.

The Free Patriotic Movement lashed out at Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea assuring that “his attempt has failed to trigger dispute between FPM chief Jebran Bassil and President Michel Aoun (FPM founder),” the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa daily reported on Wednesday.

The Prosecution of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon announced Tuesday that the Syrian regime was at the heart of the conspiracy that killed ex-PM Rafik Hariri.

At the beginning of its closing arguments at the STL's headquarters in The Hague, the Prosecution also described slain Hizbullah military commander Mustafa Badreddine as the mastermind of the assassination operation.

The closing sessions in the trial of Rafik Hariri's killers kicked off Tuesday at the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague.

The hearings commenced with the closing arguments of the Prosecutor and are to be followed by the Legal Representatives of Victims and the Defense of the four Accused.

The trial of four Hizbullah suspects in the assassination of ex-prime minister Rafik Hariri enters the final stretch Tuesday with closing arguments in the long-running case.

Grand Jaafarite Shiite Mufti Sheikh Ahmed Qabalan appealed on President Michel Aoun to “give up” his presidential share in the government in favor of what he described as “hooligan sons” who are obstructing the Cabinet formation.

President Michel Aoun has left to Strasbourg on Monday accompanied by his wife, Nadia Aoun, at the invitation of President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajan, the Presidency media office said on Twitter.