A woman and her two daughters were wounded Saturday near Al-Nasiri mosque in Tripoli’s Bab Al-Tebbaneh neighborhood due to a hand grenade explosion, the National News agency reported.

The Agency added that the security forces arrived at the scene and started investigating, adding that the wounded were taken to Al-Khairi hospital in Tripoli for medical treatment.

A debate over Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi’s positions on Syria, Hizbullah’s arms, and Christians in the region during the Maronite bishops council meeting on Wednesday prompted the gatherers to remove these issues from their final proclamation.

The Bishops’ meeting last Wednesday was not as rosy as depicted in the press, especially the March 8 media. It was an opportunity for the bishops to give the Patriarch their opinion on his Paris declarations.

Speaker Nabih Berri noted on Saturday that Lebanon remains Israel’s main enemy because it is its major competitor in the region, adding that the Jewish state is seeking to fragment Lebanon.

He said during the opening of the international conference in support of the Palestinian intifada held in Iran: “The Resistance is the main deterrent power against Israel and given the current circumstances, it is a necessity to prevent Israeli exploitation of the situation in the Arab world to harm Lebanon.”

The Christian members of the March 14 camp are preparing to hold a Christian summit in the Fataa region in Keserouan, the camp’s circles informed As Safir newspaper in remarks published on Saturday.

The gathering will be entitled “The Role of the Lebanese in the Arab Spring.”

Hizbullah has recently formed a committee of legal experts to carefully examine the cooperation protocol signed between Lebanon and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, opposition political sources told al-Liwaa newspaper in remarks published on Saturday.

The committee will then seek to introduce a number of amendments to this agreement, they revealed.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Saturday that his visit to the United States is simply a pastoral one.

He said: “I am not a man of politics or a man of state.”

Prime Minister Najib Miqati voiced fears that the deterioration of the situation in Syria will have dangerous repercussions in the region, reported As Safir newspaper on Saturday from the Wall Street Journal.

He added that such a deterioration will also place Lebanon in a precarious position.

Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh praised on Friday Syrian President Bashar Assad’s perseverance in the face of adversity, crediting him for maintaining the region’s Arab identity.

Security forces are intensifying their efforts to curb drug abuse and smuggling in southern Lebanon amid reports that the smugglers are using water pipes to hide the illegal substance.

The Central News Agency reports that water pipe delivery services are being used as a cover to smuggle drugs as the illegal substances are delivered via motorcycles to users.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun underwent routine medical checkups at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Ashrafieh in Beirut on Friday.

Witnesses told Naharnet that the MP was seen exiting the hospital at around 3:30 pm on Friday.