Prime Minister Saad Hariri marked on Friday Lebanon’s 43rd civil war anniversary saying "lessons must be drawn" that lack of implementing legitimacy and disrespect for national coexistence are a “way to hell”

A mother of two who suffered from “mental health disorders” has stabbed her two young daughters killing one of them in the northern region of Wadi Khaled, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil are expected to separately visit "Lebanon's southern border area," 24 days before the country's parliamentary elections start, in a bid to "garner support" for their candidates running in the May 6 polls, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.

"The visits have specific significance and bear political connotations," said the daily, since it comes shorlty before the elections.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Thursday "appealed" to world leaders to "peacefully" end the wars ravaging in the region, after tensions mounted between the United States and Russia over an alleged chemical attack against civilians in Syria.

Several EDL contract workers and Lebanese University professors staged sit-ins on Thursday near the Presidential Palace in Baabda, as the government readies to convene under the chairmanship of President Michel Aoun to discuss the controversial file of electricity.

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil said on Thursday that restoring normal ties with Saudi Arabia is "very useful," adding that he considers Hizbullah a "Lebanese components" stressing that issues linked to the party should be addressed "inside" Lebanon.

"The relations with Saudi Arabia are returning back to normal. Saudi reconsideration of relations with Lebanon is very useful," said Bassil on Twitter.

Lebanon's Middle East Airlines will modify its flight routes over the Eastern Mediterranean region in light of the European air safety warning over potential military strikes on Syria in the coming days, a statement said.

“The conferees discussed the warning issued to airlines by the European Aviation Safety Agency on the need to observe caution in the Eastern Mediterranean region over the possibility of airstrikes on Syria over the coming 72 hours, seeing as there is a risk of intermittent disruption of radio navigation equipment" for commercial flights, the statement said.

Speaker Nabih Berri has warned of the consequences resulting from any possible military attack at Syria, saying the results will be “devastating for Arab leaders,” the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on Wednesday said Lebanon's security forces are fully prepared for the upcoming parliamentary elections, assuring commitment to the government's decisions in maintaining an “impartial” role towards all political forces.

Ex-minister and Tripoli parliamentary candidate Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi called on Wednesday for “expelling” the Syrian ambassador from Lebanon, and “withdrawing” Lebanon's ambassador from the neighboring country.