Member of Parliament Michel Moussa, said on Friday that the hybrid electoral laws that mix proportional representation and the winner-takes-all systems, stood the best chance among other submitted election law drafts.

“Delay in ratifying a new electoral law is due to some existing political disputes over the matter,” said Moussa in an interview to VDL (93.3) radio station.

The General Security arrested four Lebanese nationals suspected of forming a cell having links to a terror group, and working in its favor, the Directorate of General Security said.

The General Security said the cell was comprised of H.N., A.Z., M.F. and M.H.F. During interrogations with H.N., who is also known by his nickname Abou Yazid, he confessed to having links to a terror group and of recruiting a number of youths, including the ones mentioned above, in favor of the organization.

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil said the presidential visit to Saudi Arabia has cleared the atmospheres between the two countries, in light of assurances that none of the two sides wish to interfere in the affair's of the other, al-Mustaqbal daily reported Friday.

The trip to Saudi Arabia has removed the “blur” between the two countries, said Bassil, adding “King Salman bin Abdul Aziz told us that KSA does not want to interfere in Lebanon's affairs nor shall anyone interfere in his own.”

Prime Minister Saad Hariri presided Thursday over an emergency meeting aimed at addressing the risks posed by the presence of a large number of seagulls around Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport.

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc announced Thursday that it rejects “any procrastination” aimed at keeping the 1960 electoral law or seeking another extension of the parliament's term.

Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji on Thursday inspected military units deployed on the eastern border between the al-Masnaa and Rashaya regions, state-run National News Agency reported.

President Michel Aoun has announced that he is “not in favor” of Hizbullah's military intervention in neighboring Syria, while noting that the Saudi military grant is being discussed by the "competent ministers" of the two countries.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has noted that there is no “hostility” between his party and Hizbullah, while stressing that there will be no return to the 1960 electoral law.

Mount Lebanon Urgent Matters Judge Hassan Hamdan, issued a decision on Thursday notifying Jihad al-Arab's company, operating the Costa Brava landfill in Khaldeh area, to abide by an earlier decision for the temporary closure of the dump, until a solution for the birds threatening flights at the Rafik Hariri Airport is found.

The judge has ordered the temporary closure of the rubbish dump near Beirut airport after warnings that birds attracted by the garbage were threatening aircraft safety, a lawyer said.

After a four-day trip to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, President Michel Aoun and the accompanying delegation of ministers returned back to Lebanon on Thursday.

On his return, Aoun stressed that ties with the “Gulf countries particularly with Saudi Arabia are back to normal,” adding that the misunderstanding is over now and a “new leaf of relations has been turned. The Lebanese will witness an increase in the influx of Gulf tourists to Lebanon.”