Rajaa Sharafeddine, the daughter of a Syrian opposition member who was allegedly kidnapped in the eastern Lebanese region of Aley, has demanded that Hizbullah mediate with its close ally Syria the release of her father, Shebli al-Aysami.

She told the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat in remarks published on Thursday that the Syrian regime “should not turn its mistake into a sin and it should therefore ensure his immediate release.”

The March 14-led opposition wants to debrief the cabinet and Prime Minister Najib Miqati over the “security scandal” in Lebanon, An Nahar newspaper reported on Thursday.

The report said that this “scandal” includes the kidnapping of Syrian opposition figures in Lebanon and the “security and media ban the security forces imposed on the northern Lebanese area of Wadi Khaled” near Syria.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri is eager to return to Lebanon, but an exact date for his return has not been set yet, revealed sources close to him told al-Joumhouria newspaper on Thursday.

It reported that security and personal reasons are preventing him from returning to Lebanon.

President Michel Suleiman held separate talks on Wednesday with a number of security officials, urging them to intensify their efforts in maintaining Lebanon’s security given the current situation in the country, reported the daily An Nahar Thursday.

He held talks with General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim, Internal Security Forces chief Ashraf Rifi, Military Intelligence Director Edmond Fadel, and General Director of State Security George Qaraa.

The media campaign that is targeting the Lebanese army aims at forcing it to lift its control of the Lebanese-Syrian border, As Safir newspaper reported on Thursday.

“The military should remain neutral. They want chaos along the border, but the army will not be affected by their (campaign),” high-ranking military sources told the daily.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati arrived back to Beirut from London on Wednesday evening and immediately contacted Higher Relief Council Chief, Brigadier Ibrahim Bashir, asking him to follow up on the humanitarian situation of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

“Rumors about the halt of aid to the refugees is untrue and falls under political propaganda” Miqati said in a statement.

Revered Lebanese spiritual leader Moussa al-Sadr, who went missing in Libya in 1978, was "liquidated" at the time, a former aide to Moammar Gadhafi said Wednesday.

The fate of the Iranian-born Shiite cleric has been unknown since he vanished during a trip to Libya aimed at negotiating an end to Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Wednesday that Premier Najib Miqati will not resign, stressing that the fall of the Syrian regime will solve some of the problems in Lebanon.

Hariri said on Twitter fielding questions from his supporters that he never wanted to go into politics, “but in a split second in 2005 everything changed.”

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The United Nations commission charged with investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, headed by Prosecutor Judge Daniel Bellemare, is continuing its investigations and witness testimony hearings of the close circle of individuals who used to surround the slain premier.

A pamphlet stating that a bomb will be detonated at the Verdun 732 Center in Beirut was found near the center on Wednesday, reported the National News Agency.

Security forces immediately arrived at the scene and conducted a search of the building without finding any explosives.