A number of Lebanese citizens living in the North demanded the Lebanese and Arab governments Friday to withdraw their ambassadors from Damascus in a protest against the repression of demonstrations which had started in the Middle of last March.
According to National News Agency, a number of people from the North took part in a march in Tripoli “in solidarity with the Syrian people at an invitation from the Secular Gathering in Lebanon amidst strict security measures taken by the army and internal security forces.”

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stated on Friday that Lebanon is passing through an “unenviable” phase given the weak security situation and lack of justice and an incompetent state.
He said during the LF students’ graduation ceremony: “It’s natural that the security of a country be destabilized, but for it to be destabilized on a daily basis for the sake of one party is unacceptable.”

Israel has warned Syrian President Bashar Assad that should Tel Aviv be attacked, then it will retaliate by bombing the Gaza Strip and the whole of Lebanon.
Israel’s NFC website reported that the Jewish state’s government relayed this message to the Syrian president through European intelligence circles.

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Appeals Chamber ruled on Friday that statements of certain witnesses must be provided by Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare to former General Security chief Jamil Sayyed swiftly, it said in a statement.
The decision confirms in part an earlier ruling by Pre Trial Judge Daniel Fransen ordering that the documents be disclosed, it continued.

The Lady of the Mountain Gathering announced from the Press Syndicate on Friday that it will hold its meeting at the Regency Palace Hotel in Adma on October 23.
The meeting will be aimed at tackling the Christians’ message in the Middle East and stress their role in the Arab Spring.

A heated debate rose in Lebanon on Friday over the controversial Syrian infiltration into the Lebanese territories in the eastern Bekaa valley.
In a second incident this week, Syrian troops entered the outskirts of Arsal village on Thursday and shot dead a Syrian national living there.

An announcement by Hizbullah that it rejects the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon will likely put Premier Najib Miqati at loggerheads with the international community after he made several pledges that Lebanon would fund the STL.
The international tribunal is set to try ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s suspected assassins.

Lebanon has received a formal request from the United Nations to pay its share in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, An Nahar newspaper reported on Friday.
The daily said the request was sent to the Foreign Ministry that passed it to the Grand Serail with a timeframe not more than two or three months.

Ministers loyal to National Struggle Front leader Walid Jumblat have held consultations with the Druze chief over Hizbullah’s official announcement that it rejects to fund the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
A source did not unveil to al-Liwaa daily the details of the discussions but said that the situation inside and outside the cabinet was “dangerous” after reportedly Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah told his visitors that that the tribunal will not be funded.

Threats have been made against UN targets in Lebanon in recent weeks, the world body's outgoing envoy to the country said Thursday.
"There were some credible reports that were shared with us, the U.N., by the Lebanese army itself of potential threats" in past weeks, Michael Williams told a press conference at United Nations headquarters.
