Following Yemen's accusations that Hizbullah is sending fighters to engage in battles along the ranks of the Huthi rebels, former Minister Ashraf Rifi acknowledged the accusations and emphasized that Lebanon must not be used as a platform to launch verbal attacks against brethren countries.

“Hizbullah has trained a lot of fighters in Bahrain, Yemen, Iraq and Syria,” Rifi said in a televised appearance on al-Arabiya TV channel.

A dialogue between Hizbullah and al-Mustaqal Movement has suffered a relapse as a result of the tension that rose last week following the Saudi announcement that it would cut $4 billion in aid to the Lebanese army and security forces.

While the dialogue was held in Ain el-Tineh on Wednesday night, it was only attended by Nader Hariri, the adviser of al-Mustaqbal leader Saad Hariri, Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's advisor Hajj Hussein Khalil, and Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil as the representative of Speaker Nabih Berri.

An American diplomat has said that Lebanon's situation is “fragile,” warning it is halfway into reaching the edge of the abyss, As Safir daily reported on Thursday.

According to the newspaper, a Lebanese official quoted the diplomat as saying that the situation in Lebanon is “fragile politically and security wise.”

Israel's defense minister on Wednesday accused Iran of building an international terror network that includes "sleeper cells" that are stockpiling arms, intelligence and operatives in order to strike on command in places including Europe and the U.S.

Moshe Yaalon said Iran aims to destabilize the Middle East and other parts of the world and is training, funding and arming "emissaries" to spread a revolution. He said Tehran is the anchor of a "dangerous axis" that includes Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut, Sanaa and other cities in the region.

Head of Rafik Hariri International Airport denied claims that had emerged earlier on Wednesday that Saudi Arabian Airlines was seeking to halt its flights to Beirut, reported the National News Agency.

Fadi al-Hassan denied on Wednesday that “airport authorities had received a notice or a request by Saudi Arabian Airlines to stop or halt flights to and from Beirut.”

Head of the Mustaqbal Movement MP Saad Hariri stated on Wednesday that Hizbullah must realize that “it not alone in Lebanon,” saying it should take into account the interests of the Lebanese people.

He said before a delegation of clergymen from the northern district of Akkar: “Some sides, whether they are Hizbullah or its allies, believe that they are more powerful than countries.”

Kuwait called on its citizens in Lebanon on Wednesday to leave the country, making it the latest Gulf country to issue a travel warning.

Unless they have pressing issues to stay in the country, citizens are advised to leave Lebanon, said a statement from Kuwaiti embassy in Beirut

Kataeb leader MP Sami Gemayel filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Council for Development and Reconstruction for its long standing failure to follow up on the trash management file since tasking of Sukleen with collecting garbage.

After talks he held with Prosecutor Samir Hammoud at the Justice Palace, Gemayel said: “The CDR is the body eligible to follow up on the work of the companies that are tasked to handle Lebanon's waste but it failed to do so and no one held it responsible for that.”

Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat warned on Wednesday that Lebanese expatriates were in danger over what he termed as “irresponsible” remarks made by some officials.

“By irresponsible statements, (we are) endangering Lebanese abroad,” Jumblat said on Twitter.

CEO of Al Iktisaad Wal Aamal Group Raouf Abou Zaki stated on Wednesday that the latest Saudi measures against Lebanon have a direct effect on the financial and economic situation but assured that no measures have been taken against Lebanese expats so far.

“The Saudi measures against Lebanon have a direct impact on the economic and financial situation in the country,” Abou Zaki told the Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5).