"She was buried before I could even say goodbye to her, my poor, dear mother," says Manal who was shocked by footage of her mother's body at a Syrian massacre while watching television in Lebanon.

On the weekend of August 25 and 26, the bodies of more than 330 people were discovered in the town of Daraya, near Damascus, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

President Michel Suleiman signed on Saturday the new electoral draft law and referred it to the parliament, the National News Agency.

The new electoral draft-law, which was approved by the cabinet in August, is based on proportional representation and divides Lebanon to 13 districts in the 2013 parliamentary elections although it is not likely to be approved once referred to the parliament as it was criticized by al-Mustaqbal movement and the Progressive Socialist Party.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea called on the Lebanese people to get rid of the effects of the Syrian regime on the Lebanese-Syrian ties, slamming the performance of the government and the security chaos in the country.

Geagea pointed out during the annual “Memorial Mass for the Martyrs of the Lebanese Resistance” that the Lebanese should differentiate between the regime of Syrian president Bashar Assad and the Syrian people.

The Free Syrian Army released on Saturday a Lebanese man who was abducted more than two weeks ago, media reports said.

Al-Mayadeen news network reported that the FSA freed 72-year-old Mahmoud Mohammed Fakih.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed on Saturday that the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Lebanon is a major development that will bolster Lebanon’s image as a message of diversity.

“The pope’s visit is a sign for Lebanon the message, as described by late Pope Jean Paul II,” Hariri said in a statement issued by his press office.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Saturday that any dispute with Speaker Nabih Berri would be short-lived, warning opponents against banking on any disputes emerging between them.

He said: “I enjoy excellent ties with Berri and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun is our partner in government.”

Syrian troops infiltrated on Saturday the border region of al-Qaa in the northern Bekaa and abducted two citizens, reported the National News Agency.

“One of the kidnapped men is from Abu Jabal family,” the NNA said.

The government is set to convene at the Baabda Palace on Wednesday where it is scheduled to discuss 68 articles, reported As Safir newspaper on Saturday.

It said that it remains unclear if the petroleum file will be addressed.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea is set to emphasize the importance of distinguishing between the Syrian people and the ruling regime during the annual “Memorial Mass for the Martyrs of the Lebanese Resistance”, reported reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

Geagea is also expected to respond to the “errors committed by the Syrian regime and its allies in Lebanon.”

The recent shelling of the northern region of Akkar from the Syrian side of the border is linked to the arrest of former minister Michel Samaha and the demands to expel Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

Sources concerned with the situation explained to the daily: “No security incident preceded the shelling, which means that it is linked to the tense situation caused by the calls to expel Ali and the arrest of Samaha.”