Democratic Gathering bloc leader MP Walid Jumblat on Friday stressed that there is “no alternative” for Prime Minister Saad Hariri noting that it is time for him to return back to Lebanon after an “obligatory or voluntary” stay in Saudi Arabia.

“After a week of house arrest or voluntary stay (in Saudi Arabia) it is time for Sheikh Saad's return to Lebanon in order to complete the process of construction and stability,” said Jumblat in a tweet.

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir described the situation in Lebanon as “unfortunate” noting that it has to come to this result because of “Hizbullah's activities supported by Iran.”

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Thursday demanded the return of Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Saudi Arabia, where he announced days ago his shock resignation.

"Today we demand the return to the nation of our Prime Minister Saad Hariri," tweeted Bassil.

Hizbullah's parliamentary bloc on Thursday called on Saudi Arabia to stay out of Lebanese affairs, saying the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, announced from Riyadh over the weekend, "has raised many questions."

In a statement issued after its weekly meeting, the bloc said Saudi Arabia was mired in crisis after the “failure” of its 2 ½-year military intervention in Yemen, which has led to a military stalemate.

The Internal Security Forces said it arrested two drug dealers on Tuesday in Metn's Mkalles area, it said in a statement released on Thursday.

The agency stated that it was on a mission to clamp down on a drug gang that works for a senior dealer nicknamed Abu Sale when it arrested the suspects, two Syrian nationals.

Education Minister Marwan Hamadeh on Thursday said the content of Prime Minister Saad Hariri's resignation text came to remind how Lebanon's national unity government used to be before “turning towards another axis in the region.”

Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is expected to make a TV appearance on Friday marking “Martyr's Day” where he will “stress the need for self-restraint and a solution for the crisis” in the wake of Prime Minister Saad Hariri's resignation, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

A senior Hizbullah source told the daily regarding speculations on Hariri's return to Lebanon from Saudi Arabia from where he announced his resignation, he said: “We hope, we do not expect.”

Prime Minister Saad Hariri received a telephone call from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, his media office annouced.

Dar Al-Fatwa, the highest Sunni authority in Lebanon, witnessed crowds of visitors for the third day in a row on Wednesday, most notably ex-President Amin Gemayel, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and French Ambassador Bruno Foucher in the wake of Prime Minister Saad Hariri's sudden resignation.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri has tasked MP Kazem al-Kheir to visit the Lebanese community in Australia to motivate them into taking part in the upcoming parliamentary elections by registering their names at embassies and consulates, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.