Prime Minister Saad Hariri flew Wednesday night to Paris for a family visit, a source close to him said.

"He left half an hour ago and will spend a few days with his family in Paris," said the source.

Investigative Judge Peter Germanos indicted on Wednesday detained prominent writer and actor Ziad Itani of collaboration with Israel and the possession of narcotics, the National News Agency reported.

Grand Mufti of the Republic Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan stressed on Wednesday Lebanon's need to adhere to its dissociation policy stressing that Lebanon stands behind its premier Saad Hariri after his decision to suspend his resignation pending talks.

Lebanon “urgently needs complete commitment to the dissociation policy to deter harm and preserve the country's internal stability,” said Daryan in a televised address marking the Prophet Mohammed birthday.

President Michel Aoun stressed on Wednesday that Saad Hariri will stay the Prime Minister of Lebanon as he stressed that the political crisis that followed his resignation will be over within days.

As the cabinet gears up for an expected meeting next week, Speaker Nabih Berri said it is unlikely for a “governmental reshuffle or formation of a new government” to take place mainly after the reigning confusion that gripped the country and ended with PM Saad Hariri delaying his plans to resign.

President Michel Aoun left Beirut on Tuesday for a three-day official visit to Rome at the invitation of his Italian counterpart Sergio Matarella, who will hold talks at the Italian presidential palace on the Lebanese-Italian relations and means of developing them in all fields, the National News Agency reported.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Tuesday that he expects a “breakthrough” in the country's political crisis next week, as he warned that Lebanon would face a “problem” if it does not implement a “real dissociation policy.”

“We will continue the ongoing dialogue in the coming days with all due positivity and openness. It is a serious dialogue aimed at finding serious solutions to preserve our ties with all our Arab friends, especially the Gulf,” said Hariri during a meeting with a joint delegation from Lebanon's Economic Committees and General Confederation of Lebanese Workers.

The security forces arrested three drug dealers and confiscated Captagon pills during raids in the Bekaa town of Addous, the Lebanese Army Orientation Directorate said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Army Intelligence issued the communique and said that the patrol arrested the suspects, Fayez and Riad Mohammed al-Hammoud in addition to Saudi Ahmed Awad bin Hamad al-Khamaali, on Monday after they raided their place of residence in Bekaa.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri said that he will resign if Hizbullah refuses to accept a new power-sharing arrangement for Lebanon, speaking as consultations got underway in Beirut between political leaders over the government's future.

Israel said that Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah “would be a target for assassination” in any future war between Israel and Hizbullah, Israeli media reports said on Tuesday.

Israeli military chief spokesman, Ronen Manelis, was quoted as saying that “there won’t be a clear victory picture in the text war (with Hizbullah), though it’s clear that Nasrallah is a target.”