A meeting on Wednesday between President Michel Aoun and Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat anticipated to solve the Druze share obstacle and facilitate the government formation process did not come to fruition.

Jumblat who met Aoun reportedly at the latter’s request, told reporters after the meeting at Baabda Palace that his talks with Aoun discussed the “general situation without addressing the government formation process,” or the Druze ministerial quota.

The Internal Security Forces smashed a drug-trafficking network operating between Lebanon and Egypt since 2013, arresting seven suspects who smuggled the drugs by sea in cattle skin shipments.

Several hundred Syrian refugees residing in the northeastern border town of Arsal are expected to return on Saturday as part of a voluntary repatriation program joining several hundreds who returned last week, LBCI station said on Wednesday.

Hizbullah’s participation in the Syrian war has reportedly “exhausted” the party compelling it to “bring back to Lebanon almost half of its fighters” fighting alongside the government forces of President Bashar Assad, the pan-Arab al-Hayat daily reported on Wednesday.

President Michel Aoun held talks on Tuesday with Kataeb delegation, led by its chief MP Sami Gemayel, where talks focused on the controversial citizenship decree and the general situation in the country, the National News Agency reported.

“We wish the flaws in the citizenship decree are corrected, the ball is in his (Aoun) court now. We don’t think the President is responsible for these flaws,” said Gemayel from Baabda.

Lebanon’s security agencies have been able to “completely eliminate” the basis of terrorism that has terrified the Lebanese in the past years, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat daily reported on Tuesday.

President Michel Aoun stressed on Monday that a land dispute between residents of the Yammouneh and Aqoura regions is being addressed, stressing that their residents have enjoyed “historic” brotherly relations.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea denounced in a tweet on Monday the campaigns launched against the party asking “is it because we have done so well in the government?”

The Syrian regime “does not want the return of Syrian refugees” after turning down requests of several hundreds seeking to go back to their hometowns, the pan-Arab al-Hayat daily reported on Monday.

In light of disagreements between political parties over ministerial quotas in the future government, Hizbullah and AMAL Movement reportedly plan to “enlarge” demands to reflect their “parliamentary elections’ success” in a bid to “shock politicians back into reality,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.