After an agreement reached at the Cabinet that affirmed Lebanon's commitment to the dissociation policy, President Michel Aoun said the statement constitutes “a win for Lebanon,” Aoun said on Twitter on Wednesday.

“The statement issued by the Cabinet yesterday does not constitute a win for one party or loss for another. The winner here is Lebanon which was able to get through, thanks for the unity of the people to safeguard stability and peace,” said Aoun.

Grand Mufti of the Republic Sheikh Abdul Latif Deryan demurred on Wednesday President Donald's Trump's plan to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital warning it could have “serious consequences,” the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid al-Yaaqoubi on Wednesday denied reports alleging that he left Lebanon in a demur move following the declaration announced by the Lebanese Cabinet on the so-called dissociation policy, LBCI TV station reported.

The Lebanese armed forces carried out raids of several homes in Hay al-Sharawneh in Baalbek related to major drug supply throughout Lebanon, LBCI reported on Wednesday.

French President Emmanuel Macron paid respect to Prime Minister Saad Hariri's decision to revoke his resignation announced in November from Saudi Arabia, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

The French presidency said in a statement that “President Macron was briefed of the Lebanese Cabinet's announcement, which was exceptionally chaired by President Michel Aoun, that paved way for PM Saad Hariri to rescind his resignation and fully assume his duties,” added NNA.

The meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon that will be held in Paris Friday is “an international rally in support of the Lebanese legitimacy embodied in the president, the premier and the parliament,” the Change and Reform bloc said on Tuesday.

“Thank God for Lebanon's safety after the major crisis that we went through,” said the bloc in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday expressed “relief” over Prime Minister Saad Hariri's formal withdrawal of his resignation.

“The bloc welcomed the resolution that was issued by the Cabinet today in which it reaffirmed the commitment of all of the government's components to the policy of dissociation from any conflicts or wars, as well as the internal affairs of Arab countries," Mustaqbal said in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.

MP Sethrida Geagea of the Lebanese Forces bloc on Tuesday described the new settlement that was reached among the government's components as “very positive,” noting that Hizbullah is “serious” in committing to it.

“The LF was not away from the negotiations that led to the new settlement, although that was not highlighted clearly in the press,” Geagea said in an interview with al-Markazia news agency.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced on Tuesday that he is stepping back from his resignation after an extraordinary government meeting that endorsed the country's dissociation policy.

In a statement he read to reporters, the PM announced that he had withdrawn his resignation in a step that comes one month after stepping down from his post in a shock move.

In light of reports that two prominent suspects taking refuge in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in Sidon have left the camp and headed to Syria, Jihadi Islamist Movement's chief Sheikh Jamal Khattab affirmed the reports on Tuesday saying “it eases the security burden in the camp.”

In remarks he made to al-Mustaqbal daily, Khattab said he obtained information confirming that the suspects identified as Haitham al-Shaabi, Palestinian, and Mohammed al-Arafi, Lebanese, have “likely” fled to Syria.