Head of the Mustaqbal Movement MP Saad Hariri traveled to Saudi Arabia on Saturday, announced his press office in a statement.

The former premier headed to the Saudi capital Riyadh on a family trip.

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Saturday the kingdom will keep French military supplies previously intended for Lebanon under a $3 billion aid program, as Riyadh toughens its stance against Hizbullah.

Last month the oil-rich Gulf state halted the program in protest against Hizbullah, which Saudi bitterly opposes.

Lebanon's Middle East Airlines denied on Saturday reports alleging that an electric malfunction hit a plane's electronic equipment en route from Turkey to Lebanon, and assured that its planes are equipped to handle thunderbolts.

“A company's aircraft had suffered a lightning strike due to bad weather conditions over the northern region of Turkey. Planes usually face such conditions. It is our duty to make clear that all our planes are equipped to protect against thunderbolts,” MEA said in a statement.

Palestinian factions in Tripoli's refugee camp of al-Beddawi held a sit-in on Saturday protesting the UNRWA's continued reduction in medical and educational services that it supplies to the refugees due to lack of funds, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Palestinian Resistance factions, the popular committees and members of the civil society in al-Beddawi camp in the northern city of Tripoli held a sit-in in the presence of members of the Central Crisis Cell and the camp's officials, NNA added.

The French weapons that were supposed to be given to the Lebanese army as part of a Saudi grant will be delivered to Saudi Arabia after the donation was halted last month, the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat quoted sources on Saturday.

French diplomatic sources following up closely on the Lebanese file and the Saudi decision that halted a $4 billion grant to the Lebanese army and security forces told the daily that they “understand” Riyadh's position in light of the “fabrications of Hizbullah” and believe that the “Lebanese government’s official decision is confiscated by the party.”

Prime Minister Tammam Salam has tasked Agriculture Minister Mohammed al-Mashnouq instead of Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil to represent him at the Extraordinary Islamic Summit on Palestine end of this week, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

“The invitation has been addressed to Salam and he is free to assign any of the ministers,” sources at the Grand Serail told the daily.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat held talks Friday evening with al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri.

Hizbullah's top lawmaker MP Mohammed Raad on Friday accused Saudi Arabia of “obstructing the presidential vote” in Lebanon and of being involved in the deadly bomb attacks that rocked several Lebanese regions in recent years.

Lebanon's trash collection crisis, which sent thousands protesting into the streets last summer, is now in its eight month with still no resolution in sight. Though it has prompted political debates and occasional heated discussions, Lebanese doctors and medical professionals are increasingly alarmed by its effect on health.

At the emergency room at the Sacre Coeur hospital outside Beirut, doctors say they are seeing a spike in severe respiratory diseases and that it's tied to the ongoing trash disaster.

Al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri reiterated Friday that the boycott of presidential electoral sessions is not a "constitutional right" for the blocs that are not showing up at parliament.