Leader of the Lebanese Forces Party Samir Geagea on Thursday addressed a message to President Michel Aoun, urging him to intervene to save his presidential term, the National News Agency reported.

“This is your presidential term, do not allow anyone to spoil it,” Geagea said, in reference to Aoun’s son-in-law, Foreign Minister and Free Patriotic Movement chief Jeban Bassil without naming him.

Head of the Lebanese Democratic Party MP Talal Arslan on Thursday echoed a stern warning from attempts to hand over innocent people to cover up for the actual perpetrators of Qabrshmoun incident, which strongly shook civil peace and state security alike, the National News Agency reported.

A planned visit to the northern city of Tripoli by Free Patriotic Movement chief Foreign Minister Jebran is “still on time,” the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Thursday.

Following the Qabrshmoun shooting incident, Bkirki emphasized that it will spare no effort to stabilize the Christian-Druze reconciliation, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

Several people were injured Wednesday as fuel tanks exploded at the al-Shahrouq station in the Dinniyeh district town of Bakhoun.

The blast fully destroyed the two-story station amid ambiguity over the fate of its five workers, the National News Agency said.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday hosted Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat over a “reconciliation” dinner following their latest spat.

Hariri and Jumblat had met Tuesday for the first time since their latest war of words. That meeting was held at the headquarters of the Druze religious authority in Verdun on the sidelines of condolences over the death of Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Ali Zeineddine.

Lebanese Democratic Party leader MP Talal Arslan on Wednesday held talks with Defense Minister Elias Bou Saab in Yarze, in the presence of State Minister for Refugee Affairs Saleh al-Gharib.

“It was on occasion in which we consulted with Minister Bou Saab on the security situation and the precise ambush to assassinate a minister in the Lebanese government,” Arslan said after the meeting, referring to the deadly incident in Qabrshmoun in which two of Gharib's bodyguards were killed and a third was wounded.

President Michel Aoun on Wednesday announced that “in Lebanon there is a state that must preserve its image.”

“It also has a judiciary that is in charge of protecting citizens and enforcing the law on violators and criminals,” the president added.

Progressive Socialist Party chief Walid Jumblat on Wednesday blamed the deadly Qabrshmoun incident on Free Patriotic Movement leader Jebran Bassil's “provocative rhetoric in all regions,” urging President Michel Aoun to put an end to the FPM chief's “juvenile actions.”

“The provocative rhetoric in all regions is meaningless and it was behind yesterday's explosion,” Jumblat said after a meeting for the Druze confessional council, referring to Sunday's clash in Qabrshmoun.

Marada chief Sleiman Franjieh on Wednesday urged a State role in calming the tense atmosphere in the country, saying a “strong state is the one capable of removing hatred from the souls.”