Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea lamented on Friday the weakening of the Lebanese state and its institutions, blaming the spread of illegitimate arms for the deterioration of the state of affairs in the country.

He said: “We are fed up with lies. Those who claim to love the army should lay down their illegitimate weapons.”

The Humanities (LH) secondary school official exam results were released on Thursday.

They can be checked on the following page: http://www.naharnet.com/exam

An official of the rebel Free Syrian Army, Louay al-Meqdad, has rejected the assassination of a pro-government Syrian journalist, saying he should have faced court instead of elimination.

In remarks to An Nahar newspaper published on Thursday, al-Meqdad said that the punishment of Mohammed Darrar Jammo “without a fair trial is a crime.”

The General Science (SG) and Life Science (SV) secondary school official exam results were released on Wednesday.

They can be checked on the following page: http://www.naharnet.com/exam

Iran's president-elect has sent messages to Syria's Bashar Assad and Hizbullah, reaffirming support for the two allies.

The official IRNA news agency on Tuesday cited Hassan Rowhani as saying close Iranian-Syrian ties will be able to confront "enemies in the region, especially the Zionist regime," or Israel.

President Michel Suleiman said on Tuesday that he hopes he will be able to call for a national dialogue session “soon” to discuss the defense strategy and find solutions to the current political crises.

“Launching serious and all-encompassing dialogue sessions and supporting the state are among the Lebanese people's goals. This dream can come true if wills and capabilities were united,” Suleiman said at an Iftar banquet in Baabda Palace.

Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations Nawaf Salam warned on Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees fleeing the war-torn country and coming to Lebanon could surpass one million by the end of 2013.

"The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon is expected to reach 1,229,000 by the end of this year,” Salam stated at a U.N. Security Council session dedicated to discuss the neighboring country's crisis.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday noted that the new cabinet will not be formed anytime soon due to conditions and counter-conditions as well as foreign dictates, warning that the extremist al-Nusra Front has started infiltrating the country from neighboring Syria.

“I don't know who will the cabinet consist of if it will not represent the political parties. They are also speaking of a rotation of portfolios and this is shameful, that's why we realized that no one wants the cabinet to be formed and let the Lebanese act accordingly,” Aoun said after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc in Rabiyeh.

A bomb hit a Hizbullah convoy traveling towards the Lebanese border crossing with Syria, wounding two people, a security source said on Tuesday.

One vehicle was struck by the explosion near the Masnaa border crossing, the source told Agence France Presse on condition of anonymity.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday blamed the Dahieh bombing on “those who endorse the Takfiri ideology” and “those who make fiery speeches.”

“The bombing incident must not only be a subject for condemnation. Everyone who endorses an explosive rhetoric must be condemned and the person who detonates a bomb in residential neighborhoods is a major criminal,” Aoun said after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc in Rabiyeh.