Al-Mustaqbal Movement on Friday voiced “regret” over MP Walid Jumblat's latest remarks on Saudi Arabia, calling on him to “correct his stance.”

“Al-Mustaqbal Movement regrets the style and content of Mr. Walid Jumblat's rhetoric towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during his interview two days ago on Future TV,” the movement said in a statement.

Minister of Environment Tarek al-Khatib said on Friday that administrative decentralization will be adopted while implementing the solid waste plan agreed during the Cabinet meeting on Thursday.

“Administrative decentralization will be adopted and local administrations will be responsible for the treatment of waste,” said Khatib at a press conference.

A young woman and her three-month infant were found dead on the side of the road in the town of Bfarweh in the Nabatieh district, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

Speaker Nabih Berri said on Friday that proposals to introduce amendments to the new electoral law after its approval could impact the elections, and revealed he had proof of attempts to foil the long-awaited parliamentary elections, al-Akhbar daily reported on Friday.

The daily said the Speaker insists on having the elections staged on time, noting “discussions to introduce any amendments or reforms to the law could foil the whole elections. I have info that some, internally and abroad, do not want the elections be held,” the daily quoted Berri as saying without giving further details.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, called for Lebanon to be distanced from the Iranian-Saudi conflict and hailed Hizbullah for de-escalating political rhetoric and propaganda against Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries.

Dispatched by Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Culture Minister Ghattas Khoury held talks Thursday in Maarab with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea as part of ongoing efforts to heal the rift between al-Mustaqbal Movement and the LF.

The meeting was held in the presence of Information Minister Melhem Riachi of the LF.

The Cabinet on Thursday approved a plan to manage the household solid waste crisis, which involves the expansion of the Costa Brava landfill near Beirut.

The plan was proposed by the Ministry of Environment.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Thursday said that ongoing disagreements over suggested reforms of the new electoral law are consuming time, expressing support to any reform that promotes transparency and integrity in the upcoming legislative elections.

Head of Hizbullah's Executive Council Sheikh Hashem Safieddine said the party will wage the upcoming parliamentary elections in alliance with the AMAL Movement, the National News Agency said on Thursday.

“This is nonnegotiable and settled. Hizbullah and AMAL will be in a close, strong alliance in the coming elections. We will wage the polls in unified electoral lists,” said Safieddine at a ceremony organized by Hizbullah in the South.

The Internal Security Forces clamped down on a gang of drug dealers in the Mount Lebanon town of Shanay, the ISF announced on Thursday.

ISF said in a statement it obtained information about a group of people suspected of drug dealing in Mount Lebanon governorate.