Hizbullah and the Free Syrian Army engaged in tit-for-tat kidnappings triggered by the conflict in the neighboring country Syria as media reports said that armed clashes occurred between the two sides.

According to al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Thursday, Hizbullah kidnapped two people suspected of belonging to the FSA.

General Prosecutor Judge Hatem Madi confirmed on Thursday that he was handed over the audio recordings that al-Mustaqbal MP Oqab Saqr revealed during a press conference to deny he was carrying out arms deals with the Free Syrian Army.

“We will analyze the content of these recordings and study if they include a penal offense,” Madi said in comments published in al-Joumhouria news paper.

Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour has denied that the Lebanese government would urge Arab countries to take in some of the Syrian refugees that have escaped to Lebanon.

In remarks to al-Joumhouria newspaper published Thursday, Abou Faour said: “We will not ask the deportation of Syrian refugees during the donor conference in Kuwait.”

The rebel Free Syrian Army announced on Wednesday that it has resumed its mediation concerning the Lebanese abductees in Syria's Aazaz at the request of ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

“(The head of the FSA) Riad al-Asaad has worked very hard on this issue and al-Farouq battalion even surrendered its weapons to release the kidnapped Lebanese,” al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Oqab Saqr said in an interview on Future TV.

Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel on Wednesday stressed that his party is not “maneuvering” by throwing its support behind the electoral law proposed by the Orthodox Gathering, warning that any Lebanese involvement in the Syrian conflict would bring the war to the streets of Beirut, Tripoli and Sidon.

“We're not maneuvering concerning the Orthodox Gathering law and we don't do anything we're not convinced of. We're insisting on it and there is a debate in parliament and if anyone proposes a better law that receives the broadest Lebanese approval, no one will reject that,” Gemayel said in an interview on al-Manar television.

Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi said on Wednesday that his country is trying protect Lebanon from the consequences of Syria's ongoing internal conflict.

"Iran wants to share its initiative to end Syria's turmoil,” Roknabadi revealed after meeting with former Prime Minister Fouad Saniora, adding that he also discussed with the al-Mustaqbal bloc leader Syrian President Bashar Assad's suggestion of ending the military conflicts and finding a peaceful solution out of the war.

Airport security thwarted on Wednesday a drug smuggling operation headed to Riyadh, the National News Agency reported.

"Four and a half kilograms of drugs were found in a Lebanese citizen's bag,” the NNA explained.

President Michel Suleiman stated on Wednesday his support for the proportional representation system for a new parliamentary electoral law.

He expressed his “openness” to the adoption of an electoral law that combines the winner-takes-all and proportion representation systems.

A Syrian national was robbed of L.L.700,000 by thieves claiming to be members of the army intelligence, reported the National News Agency.

It said that the assailants, riding in a black SUV, robbed Ibrahim Ahmed Mustapha, 25, while he was in his Volvo in the Mafraq Adous region.

Speaker Nabih Berri stressed on Wednesday the need to hold the parliamentary elections on time.

His visitors quoted him as saying he is “monitoring the meetings of the electoral subcommittee and hopes that the efforts would lead to an agreement on a new law that would ensure that the elections are held as scheduled.”